Show all images on one page	#002382 Title: Tale of The Sleeping Princess and the Seven Bogatyrs Artist: Dobrin Yevgeniy Size: 31x11.5x5.5 Size (inches): 12.5x4.5x2.25 Price : $1450 SOLD!

This beautiful box of museum quality has been painted by Yevgeniy Dobrin from Kholui. The artist has chosen to depict a scene from the popular story of, "The Sleeping Princess" written by A.S. Pushkin.
In the story a princess is born who becomes the most beautiful woman in the kingdom. Because of this, an evil queen's magic plate tells the queen that not she but someone else is now the most beautiful person in the kingdom. The queen orders that the princess be taken to the forest to be killed, but happily the princess finds the Seven Bogatyrs' house where she lives until she is put into an eternal sleep after eating one of the queen's apples. She would not be saved until Prince Yelisey finds her and they live happily ever after.
In the left part of the composition the artist depicts seven bogatyrs who sheltered the Princess and became her sworn brothers. In the center of the composition the wicked queen's servant dressed like a beggar, gives a poisoned apple to the Princess. In right part Prince Yelisey asks the Sun where he can find his beloved Princess.
The coloring of the box is very beautiful. It is based on combination of emerald green, dark green, gray and pink tones. Gold paint is used to detail the armour and the helmets of the bogatyrs, the architecture and the Princess's dress.
Dobrin's skill as an artist is further demonstrated on the rich ornamentation that adorns the box. The composition is framed with a glorious leafed and flowered filigree pattern painted gold and accented with aluminum. The box's sides are decorated with even more complex Byzatine like ornamentation painted in gold and accented with emerald and brown tempera paints and also with aluminum paint. In the middle of the front side the wicked queen looking at her magic glass is depicted. The box's bottom border is adorned with gold beads.
The box is constructed out of paper-mache. Black lacquer covers the exterior and red lacquer covers the interior of the box. The lid is hinged from the top of the scene, and the box rests on four legs. Dobrin has signed, dated (2006) and titled ("Fary-tale