1275363 Portrait of Mikhail Lermontov, c.1838 (litho) by Russian School (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (1814 ??41), was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin\'s death in 1837 and the greatest figure in Russian Romanticism. His influence on later Russian literature is still felt in modern times, not only through his poetry, but also through his prose, which founded the tradition of the Russian psychological novel; ); Prismatic Pictures ; Russian, out of copyright.