A parsuna (derived from the Latin word persona) is a type of portrait painting that developed in Russia in the late sixteenth century. It appeared, in a sense, as a transitional style between traditional icon painting and the more Westernized, "realistic" portrait. Characterized by an inexperienced naturalism, and yet retaining the one-dimensional style of icons, parsunas were created as memorials of contemporary secular figures. The appearance of parsunas coincided with the decline of traditional icon painting and was followed by a more complete acceptance of Western European style during the eighteenth century. Some of the best-known surviving parsunas (shown above in the order they are listed) are those of Ivan the Terrible (late 16th century), Fiodor Ioannovich (late 16th century), and Prince Mikhail Vasilievich Skopin-Shuiskii (17th century).