"Unknown Girl" was created by the Russian painter Ivan Nikolayevich Kramskoy in 1883. This is also my favorite portrait of a girl in costume.

The girl in the painting overall gives the impression of being aloof. She is high up, sitting on the carriage. The artist painted from the angle of looking up at her. The background is in the snow, using cold colors. The buildings behind the girl get lower from near to far, all in order to create the girl's aloof and cold look. image.

The carriage is very exquisite in terms of material and workmanship, including the backrest behind the girl, which is made of luxurious materials. The light yellow ivory decorations on the left and right sides of the carriage and the light yellow feathers on the woman's hat form a triangular composition. This triangular composition method makes the static image more stable and the painting appears more solemn.

The girl's clothing is mainly black in cool colors, decorated with expensive animal furs, and each fur is painted very finely. The ribbons around her neck and wrists are also made of the same color. It is a cool dark blue color, the silver-white pearls on the hat, and the gold bracelet on the wrist have a very good reflective effect, which perfectly combines with its low-key and luxurious temperament.

The girl’s face is round, which is in line with the plump characteristics of Russian women, and the plump and round face also conveys a more majestic temperament. The depiction of her eyelashes and the coldness and solemnity of her eyes all express her aloof character.

The title of this painting "Unknown Girl" gives people endless imagination. According to the background and era at that time, many people have speculated on the identity of the Unknown Girl, but there are different opinions and there is no conclusion.

Extended information:

"The Unknown Girl" is a realistic portrait created by the Russian painter Ivan Nikolayevich Kramskoy in 1883. It is an oil painting on canvas and is now in the Tretyakov Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow.

In this painting, Kramskoi used realist ideas and classical modeling techniques to show a resolute, decisive, full of thoughts, and radiant personality with the help of the characters' posture, movements, clothing and expressions. The image of a Russian intellectual female with youthful vitality. The entire picture uses strong contrast between light and dark, harmonious and elegant tones, soft tones and atmosphere, and the authenticity and personalization of the image, giving the work an element of realism.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia—Unknown Girl