Serpent Princess

Roerich N.

1874, St Petersburg - 7, Kullu (India)

Serpent Princess

1906

tempera on cardboard. 50 х 39
Ж-1962
Пост. в 1910, дар М. К. Тенишевой, Петербург

Period Late 19th century – Early 20th century
CategoryMythological Subject
Keywords Mythological and fairytale characters | Collection of Maria Tenisheva | Horses
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One of the demonic motifs that fascinated artists in the middle of the 1900s. He was inspired by the little-known and evidently very ancient subject of half-men/half-serpents, which resembles a tortuous dream about the irresistible power of love. The phosphorescent paints, clouds racing across the sky and the flapping cape of the hero here are contrasted with hardened, lubok-esque "primitive" figures that convey the meaning of the scene, a scene full of "terrible charms and the murmurings of quiet horror".

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