Nude girl Zinaida Serebryakova (1884-1967)

The title of a photo depicting nude children is understandable. However, when it comes to a painted portrait... On the one hand, everything seems correct, but on the other hand, the girl clearly poses, which is quite bold.

Ah, thats the girl Katya who is sitting near the Christmas tree in a blue sweater in one of the portraits. Its clear that Silverova considered her daughter to be very beautiful, so she decided to paint her both clothed and nude, and I have to agree with her assessment.

Judging by the comments, there seems to be an issue with depicting nude childrens bodies. In my opinion, its the exploitation (the benefit or profit gained) from a nude childs body that is disturbing, not the body itself. The body is beautiful, like a flower, and somewhere even amusing and imperfect. Ah, youth!

Какой ещё кретин считает обнажённое тело аморальным и противоестественным?

Екатерина Серебрякова, дочь художницы, которая нарисована на картине, прожила долгую жизнь и умерла полтора года назад в возрасте 101 год

It seems like people have become obsessed with the naked bodies of children, and introducing a ban on showing them is itself immoral and criminal. Its the perverts themselves who are pushing for such bans. Shouldnt we instead ban things like The Appearance of Christ to the People by Serebryakov and Ivanov, which seems to feature a naked boy in the foreground?

This prohibition was long ago conceived by Christian moralists. When medieval artists depicted nymphs from antiquity, they were often forced to depict overweight women, even though nymphs were teenage girls. And theres no pedophilia involved; what can be said about ancient Greece, where this practice flourished? There are simply maniacs.

The girl is too beautiful for nine years old; thats the problem. Her face already looks quite mature – you wouldnt guess she was only nine. Theres no certainty that she looked exactly as depicted in the painting. The artist might have embellished or idealized her appearance.