The portrait of the poetess Anna Akhmatova, drawn by Amedeo Modigliani in 1911 has been presented to Russia by the Swiss company Ruric.
      
      According to Chairman of the company’s management board Nils Nilsson, the work of art was purchased specially to be presented to Russia.
      
      “It is important for me to give something back to the country that gave me so much” – noted he.
      
      The company Ruric bought the portrait of Anna Akhmatova from Paul Alexander Noel, the son of a friend of Modigliani. The portrait is a black pencil drawing 42,8 to 26,5 cm large.
      
      Akhmatova met Modigliani in 1910 in Paris during her wedding tour. In 1911 the artist created the first 16 drawings, portraits of the Russian poetess.
      
      Source: rian.ru