Английская Википедия:At the Dressing-Table
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox artwork At the Dressing-Table. Self-Portrait (Шаблон:Lang-ru) is a 1909 painting by Russian-French painter Zinaida Serebriakova. The painting is in the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. Its size is 75 × 65 cm.[1]
At the Dressing-Table was executed by Serebriakova in 1909 while she was living near Neskuchnoye, Kursk GovernorateШаблон:Sfn (now is a part of Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine). According to Serebriakova, the winter came early in that year, there was a lot of snow, but it was warm in the house, so "she started to paint herself in the mirror, entertaining by drawing different small things from her dressing-table".Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
On the insistence of Eugene Lanceray, her brother, Serebriakova sent At the Dressing-Table to Saint-Petersburg. It was exhibited at the 7th exhibition of the Union of Russian Artists, which moved from Moscow in the beginning of 1910.Шаблон:Sfn The painting was well received by the public and art critics. The painter Valentin Serov called it a "very cute and fresh thing",Шаблон:Sfn while the painter and critic Alexandre Benois wrote that Serebriakova "gave to Russian public such a wonderful gift, such a "smile from ear to ear", that one cannot fail to thank her for that".Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Right after the exposition the painting was bought by the Tretyakov Gallery.Шаблон:Sfn
The current self-portrait At the Dressing-Table is considered one of the most important works of Serebriakova along with Bath-house (1913, Russian Museum), Harvest (1915, Odesa Art Museum) and Whitening Canvas (1917, Tretyakov Gallery).Шаблон:Sfn
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