“portrait of princess maria nikolaevna volkonskaya with her son”, 1826. Paper, graphite pencil, watercolor. 21x17 cm. Pushkin state museum, moscow. M. N. Volkonskaya asked the artist to make a repeat of this portrait for her sister (orlova e. N. ), but nothing is known about the fate of the copy. The first portrait was in the possession of the volkonskys for all 30 years of their stay in siberia. The portrait was taken into exile by the volkonskys’ descendants. In the 1920s, v. N. Zvegintzov, married to a. M. Raevskaya, bought the portrait from s. A. Giuliani, who was going to sell the watercolor to support his family. In 1966, i. S. Zilberstein learned that the portrait was in the collection of v. N. Zvegintzov. In 1968, v. N. Zvegintzov donated the portrait to the museum. Date: 1826.
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