1902. Oil on canvas, 125x151 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
Vasily Mathé (1856-1917) a Russian graphic artist and a talented teacher; among his students are Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva, Ilya Repin, Valentin Serov, Isaak Levitan, Boris Kustodiev, Constantine Somov and many others