Tsar Saltan,
evocation of a scene from the homonymous opera, (1920) inspired by a short story by Turgenev published around 1820.
Tourjansky, Russian painter, was a student of Alexei Stepanov, Valentin Serov and Konstantin Korovin.
Oil on panel, framed
Titled, signed and dated on the back in ink, in cyrillic.
44 x 68.5 cm
51.8 x 76.3 cm with its frame
Frame signed: NIKL KNÖLL in BASEL.