Portrait of a Sister

Semen Gavrilovich Nikiforov appeared in this portrait as a direct follower of his great teacher V. A. Serov. A calm and noble range of white, black, gray and olive tones with great taste is underlined by a strip of red velvet, which is covered with a railing of the stairs going down. This combination of colors gives the painting a great pictorial wealth. Serafima Gavrilovna posed for her brother in a nursing home on Povarskaya Street in Moscow. Waiting for the trustee of the guesthouse Prince Trubetskoy, who ordered his portrait to the artist, but who often missed the sessions, Nikoforov was forced to fill the time with something. Sister Seraphim came to the rescue, her close friendship.