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This interesting subject of a young man playing serenade to a beautiful girl has been painted by a talented Galina Dubovikova of Fedoskino.
Galina Dubovikova graduated the Fedoskino Art School in 1956. She studied under A.A. Parfionov, A.I. Kuznetsov, and D.N. Didunik and was influenced by such well-known Russian artists as Tropinin, Bryullov, Borovikovskiy, Kiprenskiy, and Livitskiy. She is well known for depicting splendid woman's portraits. The artist uses a wide spectrum of colors in her paintings that is why all her works are expressive and at the same time realistic.
The painting is framed with a gold line; the box's sides are decorated with two parallel gold lines.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. Black lacquer is used to paint the exterior of the box while red lacquer completes the interior of the work. A hinge is fastened to the left of the portrait, and the box rests on a flat bottom. The work is signed with the artist's name.