books0977:Poor Liza (1827). Orest Kiprensky (Russian, 1782-1836). Oil on canvas. Tretyakov Gallery.T
books0977:Poor Liza (1827). Orest Kiprensky (Russian, 1782-1836). Oil on canvas. Tretyakov Gallery.The painting was inspired by Nikolay Karamzin’s novella Poor Liza (1792) that narrates about a young peasant girl, Liza, who committed suicide, when her seducer, the nobleman Erast, had cooled of her and then abandoned her for the sake of an old but rich widow. The artistic language is simple, and yet symbolically rich. The combination of pink and white in the heroine’s clothes means the purity and freshness of her youth, the carnation in her hand – her tender sincere love. -- source link