Painting of Ivan Nikolayevich Kramskoy “Unknown” was written in 1883.
This is a half-length portrait of a young woman sitting in a stroller.
The lady is dressed in the latest fashion of the 1880s: a velvet beret, while such berets were called “Francis”, reminiscent of a headdress in a picture of aristocrats of the 16th century – the same shape, the same ostrich feather is attached with gold agrarf with pearls.
Heavy knot of dark hair around his neck. The coat, in association with the general’s overcoat, is called “Skobelev”, obviously expensive cloth, decorated with sable fur and silk dark blue ribbons.
The clutch is also finished, which was fashionable at the time, sable and dark blue silk ribbons. On the hands in a tone of general attire – dark blue kid “Swedish” gloves and on his left hand a massive gold bracelet.
In analyzing this work, critics often attribute to the woman the properties of “Ladies with Camellias,” arguing that there is a certain lady of half-light, a dear guardian, or maybe an actress enjoying protection. It is motivated by the fact that the lady is fashionably and costlyly dressed.
At that time, the nobility, experiencing the economic crisis, did not have the opportunity to dress like that, and in general the exact adherence to fashion was the property of “nouveaux riches”, people who came to the higher world thanks to money, not origin.
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