Vladimir Borovikovsky is a talented and original artist of the late 18th , early 19th centuries. The portrait is undoubtedly most mature lyrical work by Borovikovsky. The young woman’s attitude is re;axed and simple, yet refined and elegant. The harmony of the image results from the whole artistic structure of the work: the flowing lines, the movement of her hand, the rhythm of the trunks and branches of the trees, the subtlest nuances of light and shade, and the gentle-blue mother-of-perl colours, reminiscent of the magical sounds of a chavicord. No wonder that this portrait left a mark on the poetry of the 19th century in the form of the poem by Yakov Polonsky:
Long since she passed away: no more those eyes,
No more that smile which tacitly expressed
The suffering of her love and her sad thoughts
But her beauty Borovikovsky has preserved.
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