Vasnetsov Viktor Mikhailovich (1848 — 1926)
Bogatyr, 1870-s
Watercolor, paper
The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia

This is a small track, which is still sketchy character - a warrior sat on a horse and looking into the distance - has become a prerequisite for the emergence of one of the most significant works Vasnetsova «A Knight at the Crossroads». Artists are sometimes criticized (and sometimes rightly) of excessive beauty, decoration, but the depth and the philosophical meaning of this work, no one dared to deny.