Anna fedorovna furman (1791-1850) was the daughter of a saxon who served in russia. After the death of her mother, she was raised in the family of the president of the academy of arts, a. N. Olenin. While living with the olenins, she constantly met with guests of this family: as a child, she was a favorite of g. R. Derzhavin. N. I. Gnedich gave her lessons; k. N. Batyushkov, who was in love with her, dedicated several poems to her. When she reached the age of 25, she moved to her father in dorpat, and then to reval, where in 1821 (1822?) she married wilhelm-adolf oom. Soon her husband was assigned to serve as a teacher and supervisor at the educational school of the academy of arts in st. Petersburg. Having become a widower in 1827, a. F. Oom took the position of chief supervisor of the educational home in st. Petersburg. Her contemporaries remembered her as a "russian beauty", a "charming and highly moral person". Object Type: painting. Date: between 1812 and 1816. Dimensions: height: 42.5 cm (16.7 in); width: 33.2 cm (13 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Russian Museum. Orest Kiprensky 024
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