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| Varvara Ivanovna Ladomirskaya |
Artist:Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
Date:1800
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:25 × 21 3/4 in. (63.5 × 55.2 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Museum Purchase, Derby Fund (1963.019)
Vigée Le Brun painted this portrait in Moscow for the sitter’s mother, a personal friend. Varvara Ivanovna (1785–1840) was an illegitimate child of Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov and Countess Stroganova, who had left her husband in St. Petersburg to be with her lover. In this compelling image, the sitter is represented in Greek costume: a chemise dress under an embroidered stole fastened at the shoulder.
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