The hero, the defender of the Russian land, is one of Vasnetsov's favorite characters, to whom the artist devoted many of his paintings.
A modest, but elegant black brocade dress, beautiful black hair, flowing freely over his shoulders, open, feeble hands, sadness on a snow-white face-
this created Vasnetsov the youngest of princes.
With his picture Vasnetsov made us believe in the impossible, the flight of the carpet,
his speed of movement we can feel thanks to the downward flowing, free-flowing smoothness of the river.