Varvara Ivanovna Ladomirsky (1800). Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755-1842). Oil o
Varvara Ivanovna Ladomirsky (1800). Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755-1842). Oil on canvas. Columbus Museum of Art. 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. -- source link
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