Figures of the children depicted in the foreground are as close as possible to the viewer and fill almost the entire space of the canvas. In the background, only a part of the wall of the room with a wide door, hung with heavy curtains, is visible, which serves as a background for the depicted. Children, in all likelihood, are considering a collection of butterflies, one of which attracted their attention at the moment with its bright coloration. The hand of the girl, carefully holding the butterfly – in the center of the composition, the artist’s setting of figures, the color and the light and shadow construction of the picture.
The girl’s face is turned towards the butterfly, which she looks at with tenderness and sadness, the boy’s look, like the gesture of his right hand, is interested-energetic. The general restrained color scale; The closed composition formed by the horizon of the countertop, on which the boy leans on, with almost meeting hands and the child’s close heads, with color and light-shadow accents, helps to feel the mood that unites the Zherbins’ children and some traits in the character of each.
Represented by Olga Ivanovna Zherbina, in marriage, Rosenbach and Fedor Ivanovich Gerbin. The children of MI Krylova and OI Zherbin, the commerce of the adviser, the former mayor of Petersburg, a well-known figure in the field of charity.
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