A masque, masquerade or mask play is a theatre, music and dance spectacle that was mainly popular in aristocratic circles in the 16th and 17th centuries. In addition to music and dance, a masque also contained spoken text, and placed a strong emphasis on sumptuous costumes and elegant, graceful interludes.
Here a young woman stretches out her legs on a chair, neatly dressed. Her face is partly covered behind her bosom.
Behind the maid is a table on which a young man is sitting, just lighting his smokables with tobacco, behind his bottle of liquor.
The two young people (possibly students) have just finished an evening of celebration and are now counted out.
Alexander Nikanorovich Pomerantsev (November 11, 1849 - October 27, 1918) was a Russian architect and painter.
                                
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