It seems whether KA Somov?

[Тютчев]

   Here are a few self-portraits.

   Somov - the great Russian artist. Each portrait of his work - this, at least, a work of art with a capital letter. His self-portraits - is another story altogether. Imagine that he could write such a vapid self-portrait, I can not. And most importantly, why? Look closely at his work - there is a riddle game, irony, disorderly conduct, in the end. Where in this portrait puzzle game, irony? Why would he suddenly change itself in a single self-portrait?