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Home > Gallery > Fedoskino > Over $500
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#001949
Title: Boyarinya bearing a tray
Artist: Yemelianov Vladimir
Size: 15.5x11x4
Size (inches): 6x4.25x1.5
Price : $950 SOLD!
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Description: Renowned painter Vladimir Yemelyanov of Fedoskino has crafted this exquisite portrait of a young girl in traditional Russian attire. She is wearing a kokoshnik, or traditional headdress. These kokoshniks were very ornamental, and originally were worn only by married women. The girl is also wearing a traditional white shirt underneath her sarafan, which is the sleeveless dress. Both practical and decorative, the traditional costume is very unique to Russian culture, and many fine examples of kokoshniks and sarafans are displayed in museums throughout Russia. The girl also wears the luxurious necklace designed in the eastern style and decorated with precious stones. The necklace, the kokoshnik and the pendant earrings depicted here are typical jewellery for Russia of 15th-16th centuries. The girl holds the silver tray with the silver glass of
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