472. Painting. Romantic image of a naiad bather. Russian school of the middle of the 19th century.

A romantic image of a young and sad naiad bather, close to the aesthetics of T.A. von Neff. Depicts a beautiful, half-naked girl, in a moment of thought by the stream. A bright light snatches a seated figure from the captivity of the night and the surrounding thickets. Opens her pale scarlet, light clothes, lowered to her knees, as a sign of a pure, untouched soul. The modest charm of the heroine illuminates and fills the picture. An unknown artist managed to breathe life into the staff of academic painting, which is what the Russian Romantic School of the mid-19th century was so famous for. Canvas, oil. Painting size: 66x45 cm.