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Christ in The Wilderness - Ivan Kramskoy (1872) (upload.wikimedia.org)
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Portrait of Kramskoi by Ilya Repin

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Amazing realism... I wonder if these paintings were made before the invention of photography.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

๐Ÿ‘‰ 1872

therefore, no.

I had to get out, walk to a library and check the books in the photography section to respond to your question. If only information was more easily accessible to anybody anywhere โ€ฆ