1800-1805 Baroness Elisabeth Alexandrovna Stroganoff by Robert Lefèvre (Hermitage)

Her French-language Wikipedia article is here. Her son Anatole married Mathilde Bonaparte.

French style completely invades the Russian aristocracy posted to Paris in this early 1800s portrait of Baroness Demidov.

Keywords:  Lefèvre, Stroganov family, French, straight coiffure, trapezoidal neckline, modesty piece, lace, quarter length upper puffed sleeves, slashed sleeves, waist band, Empire waistline, close skirt, earrings, wrap


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