 The creative potential of the artist revealed itself in the portraits of persons spiritually close to him.Rozentāls made several portraits of the patron of writers and artists A.Dombrovskis, writer Rūdolfs Blaumanis, artist's wife Elli Forsell.Janis Rozentāls interested in the biological nature of man – the world of passions, the love theme, was typical of his time.