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Princess Maria Grigor'evna Golitsyna - 1798
oil on canvas, 43-1/4 x 35-3/4 in
Princess Maria Grigor'evna Golitsyna, nee Princess Viazemskaia (1772-1865), who in her second marriage married Count Lev Kirillovich Razumovskii (1757-1818).

This portrait sold at Christie's, New York on 13 April 2016 for $1,205,000 (lot 21). The presale estimate was $600,000 to $800,000.

Countess Eekaterina Sergeevna Samoilova, nee Princess Trubetskaia - 1797
oil on canvas, 229 x 178 cm
Hermitage, St Petersburg.
Eekaterina Sergeevna Samoilova (1763-1830) was the daughter of Prince Sergei Aleksandrovich Trubetskoi and the wife of Count Aleksandr Nikolaevich Samoilov. She is shown with her son Grigori and her daughter Yelena. Vigee Le Brun had twice painted her sister, Baroness (later Countess) Anna Sergeevna Stroganova.

Countess Sofia Vladimirovna Stroganova nee Princess Golitsyna - 1798
oil on canvas, Pushkin Museum, Moscow.
Painted with her child. Countess Sofia Vladimirovna Stroganova, nee Princess Golitsyna. (1775-1845) was the wife of Count Pavel Aleksandrovich Stroganov (1775-1845). A copy had been reported in the Ivanovo Oblast Art Museum. View the possible copy of the painting. We have doubts this unattractive copy is by Vigee Le Brun.


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