Show all images on one page	#003357 Title: Portrait of Unknown Artist: Dokuchaeva Alimpiada Size: 15.5x19x5 Size (inches): 6x7.5x2 Price : $850 SOLD!

This exquisite portrait of a beautiful lady, was painted by artist Alimpiada Dokuchaeva of Fedoskino. She is a wife of well-known artist Yevgeniy Dokuchaev.
The portraits like this one were very popular at the beginning of the ninetieth century. At that time P.V. Lukutin factory produced a large quantity of lacquered boxes depicting young beautiful ladies.
This piece is truly a work of art, from top to bottom! Here the artist has combined brilliant skill with oil paints in shading, coloring, texturing, and a gift for realism.
The scene is framed with a gold line. Two parallel gold lines decorate the box's sides. The box is constructed from paper-mache. Black lacquer is used to paint the exterior of the piece while red lacquer completes the interior of the box. The lid is hinged from the left side of the composition, and the box rests on four legs. The work is signed by the artist.