From Wikipedia: 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".

Here's a great video describing the context of the painting and Zinaida's rather tragic life that followed this happy moment.

Other paintings by her:

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[–] 16 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Wow what a great artist. That painting looks so modern for 1909.

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