1897
oil on canvas
88,3 х 106,5

The landscape was painted on the family estate of Yakunchikova. This is a sort of farewell glance at the places dear to her heart. The view is from an attic window over the column portico of the manor house. Yakunchikova creates in the image the effect of a "double frame", popular in Art Nouveau. The picture's first plane is defined by Corinthian columns; beyond the "second frame" is the distant plane. The gigantic scale of columns and the high horizon generate the mood of solemn sadness. The eye is drawn into the expanse, towards the sky-earth boundary melting in the sunset light. The columns are seen as a magnificent portal, which opens on an endless space of nature's cathedral. The picture embodies the Silver Age's typical nostalgia for the passing culture of manor estates. The shade of melancholy and mysteriousness, which shows through in the dying colours of sunset, a silent dialogue of architecture and nature bring the picture closer to the mood of symbolism.

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