Hals is a great Dutch artist who during his lifetime was still a rowdy. His case was one in which a genius does not value his genius at all, likes to hang around in taverns, fall asleep in unexpected places and wake up from a bucket of water on his head, but this does not become less talented or less revered.

Alexander Ivanov was an amazingly diverse artist. It so happened that it is known to a wide circle of people, first of all, for its biblical masterpieces. But Ivanov’s work was not limited to this. He was able to paint nature pictures very subtly and sincerely. One of these canvases is called “Vetka”.

The painting "Hector's Farewell to Andromache" belongs to the pen of the Russian artist Anton Pavlovich Losenko, who is considered the ideological inspirer and founder of such a direction in the art of the XVIII century as historical painting. This work was written in 1773. The author, although it relies on the classic Homer plot, does not follow it exactly.

Serebryakova is a Russian artist, one of the first women to enter the history of painting. She was born in a very creative family, her father was a sculptor, grandfather an architect, her mother an artist, one brother was also an architect, the second made a great contribution to the development of Soviet painting and graphics. In this environment, the girl could not remain indifferent to art, and, after graduating from a female gymnasium, went to art school.

Venetsianov is a recognized portrait painter who loved and painted paintings in the domestic genre. He studied the art of creation not only in the academic direction, where it was only proposed to copy finished works and sketch from already known models, but developed on real subjects. In the later years of his life, the artist founded a school that realized his ideals.

Judith is a female character; she is a widow who saved her entire Jewish family from enemies. The Assyrians besieged her hometown, the widow had to change clothes and go to the camp of the damned foe. She was a very attractive maid and the commander of the enemy side could not ignore her charms. In his wards he was comforted by a beautiful body and drank wine.