gentlemen, at the end of our excursion, i would like to draw your attention to the work of the artist skoptsev, a portrait of the baroness. the artist was in love with the daughter of baron von trauch and wanted to marry her, but varon refused the artist his daughter’s hand. then the artist painted a portrait of his beloved. having put in this work, all the passion. a portrait of love is rightfully considered his best work, however, the baron did not appreciate his talent and refused the painting, saying that it would bring misfortune. ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much, now you can take a walk around the estate and see our exhibition. tell me, please, did this portrait really bring misfortune? well, you can say yes. skoptsey began to sing and committed suicide. and shortly before his death, the last owner of the estate saw this portrait and usoltsev could not take him away from the portrait; he bought not only it, but also several of his other paintings, but the truth is that the portrait did not bring him happiness either, immediately after the revolution the bolsheviks shot him, uh-h