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ART PAGE 108

Elisaveta Alexandrovna Demidov, nee Baroness Stroganov -1795-1801
oil on canvas, unlocated
"I often saw M. (Nicholas) Demidoff, the richest individual in Russia.... His enormous wealth was the reason he was given the hand of the young Mlle Stroganoff, a member of one of the oldest and noblest families in Russia" - Vigée Le Brun.
Elisaveta Alexandrovna Demidov lived from 1779 to 1818 .

Count Paul Alexandrovich Stroganov - 1795-1801
oil on canvas
Count Stroganov (1774-1817) was a friend and close associate of Alexander I.

Another version of this portrait showed up in a museum catalog. The black and white on this page is thought to be the version by Vigee Le Brun

Countess Irina Ivanovna Vorontzov, nee Izmailov - 1797
oil on canvas
Countess Vorontzov (1768-1848) was the sister of Princess Eudocia Ivanova Galitzine (Art Page 9) , whom Vigée Le Brun also painted.


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