This picture – the peak of creativity Bryullov, the portraitist. This is a triumphant phenomenon of beauty and spiritual strength of an independent, bright, free personality. Bryullov and Julia Samoilova loved each other. They met in Rome, and their love was aided by the generous Italian nature.
The artist portrayed her along with the pupil leaving the drawing-room of the house: impetuous, impetuous, dazzlingly beautiful, conquering fragrant youth and passionate nature. The artist Kiprensky said that it’s so good to create a portrait of a woman who not only admires infinitely, but who is passionate and crazy about love…
The second name of the painting is “Masquerade”. This is the main intention of the artist. There, in the back of the hall – a masquerade. But in the world of lies Samoilova, full of human dignity, disdained the mask and proudly demonstrates her open face. She is sincere. She does not conceal her love for the artist, who was condemned at this ball, and her attitude towards the society she demonstratively leaves with her niece.
And there, in the depth of the hall, the crowd in masks continues to have fun, there are representatives of the upper world, who are used to saying one thing, doing another, and thinking the third. There is a thoroughly false society with which Bryullov so often did not have the same views. Samoilova played an enormous role in the artist’s life – she supported him both materially and spiritually in the difficult moments of Briullov’s life.
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