Svetlana is a ballad by the Russian poet Vasily Zhukovsky, published in 1813. It is one of Zhukovsky's three adaptations of Gottfried Bürger's ballad Lenore. It is often credited with popularizing the
Karl Bryullov, Svetlana at Fortune-telling
Svetlana, oil painting by Alexander Novoskoltsev
Karl Pavlovich Bryullov was a Russian painter and draughtsman during the Romantic period, remembered among the greatest visual artists in the history of Russian art.
Self-Portrait, 1848; Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
The Last Day of Pompeii, 1833, Russian Museum
Siege of Pskov by Polish king Stephen Báthory, 1839—1843, Tretyakov Gallery
Three Angels Appearing to Abraham at the Oak of Mamre, 1821, Russian Museum