Show all images on one page	#009019 Title: The three Maidens at the Window Artist: Osipova Larisa Size: 14x21x6 Size (inches): 5.5x8.25x2.25 Price : $1495 SOLD!

Talented Fedoskino artist Larisa Osipova has painted this composition based on well-known phrase "If I would be a Tsarina..." World-known Tale of Tsar Sultan written by famous Russian poet Alexander Pushkin is started with this phrase...

Three fair maidens, late one night,
Sat and spun by candlelight.
"Were our tsar to marry me,"
Said the eldest of the three,
"I would cook and I would bake -
Oh, what royal feasts I'd make."
Said the second of the three:
"Were our tsar to marry me,
I would weave a cloth of gold
Fair and wondrous to behold."
But the youngest of the three
Murmured: "If he married me -
I would give our tsar an heir
Handsome, brave, beyond compare."

At these words their chamber door
Gently creaked and lo, before
These three maidens' very eyes
Stood their tsar, to their surprise.
He had listened by their gate
Whither he'd been led by fate,
And the words that he heard last
Made his heart with love beat fast.
"Greetings, maiden fair," said he -
"My tsaritsa you shall be,
And, ere next September's done,
See that you bear me a son.

The palette incorporates blues, gray and red oils. The artist demonstrates his unsurpassed skill while painting the maiden's festive attire. Painting with an ultra fine brush, she creates exquisite texture of the dresses.
The scene is framed with several gold bands which are intertwined with each other. The box's sides are decorated with similar bands incorporated with a blue color inside the bordered area.
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 work. The lid is hinged to the left of the composition, and the box rests flat.
Signed with the artist's name, Fedoskino and the year of 2019.