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ART PAGE 72

Prince Lubomirski - 1814
oil on canvas, 110 x 84.5 cm
Hermitage
A gift from the artist. Transferred from panel in 1893. Allegory of the Genius of Alexander I. Prince Heinrich Lubomirski. Received by the Hermitage in 1814 as a gift from Vigée Le Brun.

Mohammed Dervisch-Khan - 1787
oil on canvas
Marnier-Lapostolle Collection, France
Mohammed Dervisch-Khan along with his father were ambassabors sent from India to Paris by Emperor Tipoo-Saïb. Their task was to conclude an offensive and defensive alliance with the King, Louis XVI, and to ask him for his help against the English whom he wished to chase out of India. Their mission was not successful to Tipoo-Saïb brought his ambassadors back to Maïssour and avenged their failure by having them beheaded.
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Melanie de Rochechoüart - 1789
oil on canvas, oval, 72.4 x 57.2 cm, 28 x 22.5 in
Private Collection
Melanie de Rochechouart, Marquise D'Aumont, Duchesse De Piennes


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