| − | [[Image:Kramskoy Unknown-woman.jpg|left]] Unknown Woman, 1883. This is the most intriguing and well-known painting by Kramskoy. It shows a haughty, exquisitely dressed woman riding in her open carriage on the Anichkov bridge in St. Petersburg. Stasov (art critic from that time) said of the painting, "She is a coquette in a carriage... Over time, however, the Unknown Woman has become a symbol of sophistication, beauty and spirituality; the Russian Madonna." ([[Ibidem]]) | + | [[Image:Kramskoy Unknown-woman.jpg|left]] ''Unknown Woman'', 1883. This is the most intriguing and well-known painting by Kramskoy. It shows a haughty, exquisitely dressed woman riding in her open carriage on the Anichkov bridge in St. Petersburg. Stasov (art critic from that time) said of the painting, "She is a coquette in a carriage... Over time, however, the Unknown Woman has become a symbol of sophistication, beauty and spirituality; the Russian Madonna." ([[Ibidem]]) |