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 .
Agustin Ritt painted a miniature of this painting. Two views. Image 1 and Image 2.
