Show all images on one page	#001779 Title: Snowmaiden Artist: Vavanov Yuriy Size: 41x29x1 Size (inches): 16x11.25x0.5 Price : $1150 SOLD!

This beautiful big plate was painted by the famous Mstera artist Yuriy Vavanov. It shows a moment from the poetic fairy-tale "Snowmaiden" or "Snegurochka" (Russian version of the title). Here the artist has chosen to depict the farewell of Snegurochka with her parents. Snegurochka isn't a human being; she is the daughter of nature. Her mother is Faerie Spring and her father is Mighty Winter. The girl asks them to let her live among people. Her parents permit her leave the forest and begin a new life. The Spirit of Wood promises her parents to defend her from all harm but set the only condition: the girl will be safe from death by the sun's rays only if love for a man doesn't enter her heart.
The composition is complex in its structure, and consists of various elements including the architecture, three human figures, and the forest landscape filled with different plants, birds and animals. The scene is painted in the traditional for Kholui school palette, and detailed with gold paints.
. The scene is framed with gold line, while the edges of the plate are decorated with beautiful gold patters. The plate is made out of paper-mache, and covered with black lacquer. It has two loops, and can be hung on the wall. The work is signed by the artist's name, the title ("Snowmaiden. Spring Fairy-Tale"), and the village of Mstera.