Please help: how and who better to order the examination?
 

Good day!

I inherited from painting. As family legend of its author is Polenov. But no one and no where examination of this painting is not done. And in our family she came through my great-grandfather, who gave this picture in my FD Polenov (grandson) of the artist. But since All this was a very long time now to confirm or disprove this legend is difficult.

Where is the best and who carry out a survey?

This artist does not. There Vasily Polenov, famous Russian artist. But judging by the level of painting your picture, it is unlikely he could be its author. Take a picture better than the painting, the signature (if any) and close the text on the back.

KETI, a picture, of course, is related to Polenov, because Abbey is a wing in his estate Polenovo. In Polenovo painted everything, just as in Abramtsevo. There MB and will understand.

Well, so do not Polenov, and Polenovo. :)

First, go to the museum-estate Polenovo. Director - a wonderful woman Natalia Gramolin - the widow of Theodore Polenova. She certainly knows who, when and to whom he could give this work. In the center of them. IE Grabar expertise on Polenov makes Natalya Ignatova.

And her deputy, Natalia Polenova, her granddaughter.

Cyril Syzransky, how time flies. I remember my daughter five years old, and only and granddaughter - Vice!