A Knight at the Crossroads.

1878. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Russian Art, Kiev, Ukraine. Read Note.

A Knight at Crossroads. In many Russian folk-tales there is such an episode when a traveling vityaz (knight) at the crossroads meets a rock with a not-very-much-inspiring choice:

If you go to the right – you'll loose your horse;

If you go to the left – you'll loose your life;

If you go forwards – you'll loose both…

Or a variation of these three.

See: Victor Vasnetsov. A Knight at the Crossroads.

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