Historical photographic portrait depicts a Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack ataman standing confidently against a dark, midnight-blue starry sky. The portraitist's head is turned slightly to the right, showing a stern expression with frowning eyebrows. He has distinctive facial features: a bald head with a noticeably long strand of hair on the top of his head, slicked back behind his left ear, and a very long mustache. His right ear is adorned with a large gold hoop earring. He is wearing a light-colored national shirt with red geometric Ukrainian embroidery in the chest area. The garment hangs loosely over his muscular torso. On both wrists are leather cuffs. At his waist is a wide red-orange cloth belt, in which is tucked a seventeenth-century pistol, barrel down. On his legs are long pleated vertical pants in alternating shades of red. In his right hand, bent to the side, he holds a tobacco pipe with a flared vertical end from which smoke escapes. Around his neck hangs a gold chain with a cross. His left hand rests on his hip. A saber in a scabbard and a richly decorated vessel for gunpowder are attached to his belt. To the left of the Ukrainian Cossack is depicted a sailing ship with a simple design that seems to float on invisible waves, and to the right is a windmill. At the top of the image arc gold ribbons with heraldic motifs. The lighting is soft and even, creating subtle shadows that emphasize the three-dimensionality of the figure, but the exposure is kept balanced. The overall color palette consists of muted earth tones with warm undertones that accentuate the figure of the pirate against the dark background. The style is historical, Zaporozhian Cossack, Taras Bulba.
Historical photographic portrait depicts a Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack ataman standing confidently against a dark, midnight-blue starry sky. The portraitist's head is turned slightly to the right, showing a stern expression with frowning eyebrows. He has distinctive facial features: a bald head with a noticeably long strand of hair on the top of his head, slicked back behind his left ear, and a very long mustache. His right ear is adorned with a large gold hoop earring. He is wearing a light-colored national shirt with red geometric Ukrainian embroidery in the chest area. The garment hangs loosely over his muscular torso. On both wrists are leather cuffs. At his waist is a wide red-orange cloth belt, in which is tucked a seventeenth-century pistol, barrel down. On his legs are long pleated vertical pants in alternating shades of red. In his right hand, bent to the side, he holds a tobacco pipe with a flared vertical end from which smoke escapes. Around his neck hangs a gold chain with a cross. His left hand rests on his hip. A saber in a scabbard and a richly decorated vessel for gunpowder are attached to his belt. To the left of the Ukrainian Cossack is depicted a sailing ship with a simple design that seems to float on invisible waves, and to the right is a windmill. At the top of the image arc gold ribbons with heraldic motifs. The lighting is soft and even, creating subtle shadows that emphasize the three-dimensionality of the figure, but the exposure is kept balanced. The overall color palette consists of muted earth tones with warm undertones that accentuate the figure of the pirate against the dark background. The style is historical, Zaporozhian Cossack, Taras Bulba.