en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Tretyakov
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his first purchase was 10 canvases by Old Dutch masters.
Tretyakov Gallery sources say his early Dutch acquisitions were 11 graphic sheets and 9 paintings, not a first purchase of 10 canvases.
Full reasoning
The Tretyakov Gallery’s own history page contradicts this wording directly. It says that although 1856 is considered the Gallery’s founding year, earlier in 1854–1855 Tretyakov bought 11 graphic sheets and 9 paintings by old Dutch masters. That means the article’s claim that his first purchase was “10 canvases” is not accurate: both the quantity and the description of what he bought differ from the museum’s account.
A separate Tretyakov Gallery Magazine article also describes 1856 as the year Tretyakov bought his first two paintings by Russian artists, which further shows that the museum distinguishes those later Russian purchases from the earlier Dutch acquisitions.
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- Собирательская деятельность Павла Михайловича Третьякова - Третьяковская галерея
Ранее в 1854–1855 годах П.М. Третьяков купил 11 графических листов и 9 картин старых голландских мастеров.
- Pavel Tretyakov and His Gallery | The Tretyakov Gallery Magazine
The history of the Tretyakov Gallery dates back to 1856, when the young Moscow merchant Pavel Tretyakov purchased his first two paintings by Russian artists that would lay the foundation of his collecting activity.
Sergei Mikhailovich Tretyakov (1824–1892).
The birth year is wrong. Tretyakov Gallery sources identify Sergei Mikhailovich Tretyakov as born in 1834, not 1824.
Full reasoning
The article’s parenthetical dates for Sergei Tretyakov are off by a decade. The Tretyakov Gallery’s family-history page lists Pavel’s siblings and gives Sergei’s dates as 1834–1892. A Tretyakov Gallery Magazine article likewise identifies him as Sergei Mikhailovich Tretyakov (1834–1892).
So while the article is correct that Sergei died in 1892, the 1824 birth year is contradicted by the museum’s own historical material.
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- Семья Третьяковых - Третьяковская галерея
После него родились Сергей (1834–1892), Елизавета (1835–1870), Даниил (1836–1848)...
- Sergei Tretyakov: "Aspired to Serve the Community..." On the 175th anniversary of Sergei Mikhailovich Tretyakov | The Tretyakov Gallery Magazine
The name of Sergei Mikhailovich Tretyakov (1834-1892) is not well-known...