Once Ivan is back he reveals his brother s crimes against him and the kingdom, marries Vasilisa, and lives a long and fruitful life. Oil-based paint is the main medium used to paint this composition. The color palette more or less stays within the realm in which Vasnetsov painted the original. However, the paints used here are much brighter. The detail is also much more clear, due to the artist s desire to make the forest s floral and fauna alive as possible.
Gold paint is used to outline the bottom of the princess dress.
It is also used to decorate Ivan s clothing, which is very detailed. The detail here is great and the artist exploits the idea of fantasy here by adding a face into the tree on the right for added internal action. The box is constructed out of paper-mache made in the village of Fedoskino. Black lacquer is used to paint the exterior and red lacquer to paint the interior of the box. The scene is framed with gold scrollwork and a similar, but larger pattern, wraps around the sides of the box.