Russian Style Between 1837 and 1870

Russian style closely followed Franco-European styles, with the notable exception of court dress. But the Russians have always done things on a grand scale and this tendency shows up in Russian dress.

Apr 24, 2010 5:29 PM
SUBALBUM: Aurora Demidova

SUBALBUM: Aurora Demidova

ca. 1837 J. F. Fikelmon by Petr Feodorovich Sokolov

ca. 1837 J. F. Fikelmon by Petr Feodorovich Sokolov

1838 E. M. Khitrova by Petr Fedorovich Sokolov (State Pushkin Museum, Moskva Russia)

1838 E. M. Khitrova by Petr Fedorovich Sokolov (State Pushkin Museum, Moskva Russia)

1838 Countess Anna Orlova by I. Bajenov (Rybinsk Museum-Preserve, Rybinsk Russia)

1838 Countess Anna Orlova by I. Bajenov (Rybinsk Museum-Preserve, Rybinsk Russia)

1838 Elena Zavadovsky by Alfred Chalon (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moskva Russia)

1838 Elena Zavadovsky by Alfred Chalon (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moskva Russia)

1838 Ladies from the Blazon Room of the Winter Palace by Adolphe Ladurner (State Hermitage Museum - St. Petersburg Russia)

1838 Ladies from the Blazon Room of the Winter Palace by Adolphe Ladurner (State Hermitage Museum - St. Petersburg Russia)

SUBALBUM: Anna Sergeyevna Sheremeteva

SUBALBUM: Anna Sergeyevna Sheremeteva

1830s late Ekaterina Karamzina by ? (location unknown to gogm)

1830s late Ekaterina Karamzina by ? (location unknown to gogm)

1839 Maria Kikina, depicted in the Russian court dress, maid of honor by Petr Fedorovich Sokolov (location unknown to gogm)

1839 Maria Kikina, depicted in the Russian court dress, maid of honor by Petr Fedorovich Sokolov (location unknown to gogm)

1842 Princess Maria Volkonskaya (Kikina) by Karl Brullov (State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg)

1842 Princess Maria Volkonskaya (Kikina) by Karl Brullov (State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg)

1839 Sofia Sergeevna Bibikova, nee Kushnikova by Peter Basin (location unknown to gogm)

1839 Sofia Sergeevna Bibikova, nee Kushnikova by Peter Basin (location unknown to gogm)

1839 Countess Maria Alexeevna Olsufyeva by Eugène A. Pluchart (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moskva Russia)

1839 Countess Maria Alexeevna Olsufyeva by Eugène A. Pluchart (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moskva Russia)

1839 Evdokia Petrovna Sokolova by Pimen Nikitich Orlov (location unknown to gogm)

1839 Evdokia Petrovna Sokolova by Pimen Nikitich Orlov (location unknown to gogm)

N.P. Panina by Pimen Nikitich Orlov (location unknown to gogm)

N.P. Panina by Pimen Nikitich Orlov (location unknown to gogm)

1821-1822 Maria Kikina by Karl Brullov (location unknown to gogm)

1821-1822 Maria Kikina by Karl Brullov (location unknown to gogm)

1842 or earlier Countess Julia Samoilova and Her Ward Amacilia Pacini Leaving a Ball by Karl Brullov (State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg)

1842 or earlier Countess Julia Samoilova and Her Ward Amacilia Pacini Leaving a Ball by Karl Brullov (State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg)

1832-1834 Countess Samoilova by Karl Brullov (Russian State Museum, St. Petersburg)

1832-1834 Countess Samoilova by Karl Brullov (Russian State Museum, St. Petersburg)

1859 Countess Somoilova by André-Alphonse-Eugène Disdéri (Musée d'Orsay)

1859 Countess Somoilova by André-Alphonse-Eugène Disdéri (Musée d'Orsay)

SUBALBUM: Maria Bek

SUBALBUM: Maria Bek

Sarra Tolstoy by Petr Fedorovich Sokolov (location unknown to gogm)

Sarra Tolstoy by Petr Fedorovich Sokolov (location unknown to gogm)

Princess Galitzina by Stanislaw Marszalkiewicz (auctioned)

Princess Galitzina by Stanislaw Marszalkiewicz (auctioned)

1840 A. S. Glinki-Mavrina by Petr Fedorovich Sokolov (location unknown to gogm)

1840 A. S. Glinki-Mavrina by Petr Fedorovich Sokolov (location unknown to gogm)

1840 Vera Arkadievna Galitzina, née Stolypina by Petr Feodorovich Sokolov

1840 Vera Arkadievna Galitzina, née Stolypina by Petr Feodorovich Sokolov

1840 Princess Alexandra Galitzine by Petr Fedorovich Sokolov (location unknown to gogm)

1840 Princess Alexandra Galitzine by Petr Fedorovich Sokolov (location unknown to gogm)

1840 Yekaterina Scherbatova by Joseph Désiré Court (location unknown to gogm)

1840 Yekaterina Scherbatova by Joseph Désiré Court (location unknown to gogm)

1840 Elizaveta Nikolaevna Krivtzova (1817-1855), née Princess Repnina-Volkonskaia by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (A.N. Radishchev State Fine Arts Museum - Saratov, Saratov Oblast Russia)

1840 Elizaveta Nikolaevna Krivtzova (1817-1855), née Princess Repnina-Volkonskaia by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (A.N. Radishchev State Fine Arts Museum - Saratov, Saratov Oblast Russia)

SUBALBUM: Grand Princess Maria Nikolaievna

SUBALBUM: Grand Princess Maria Nikolaievna

SUBALBUM: Maria Stolypina then Vorontsova, née Trubetzkaya

SUBALBUM: Maria Stolypina then Vorontsova, née Trubetzkaya

1841 Elizabeta Pavlovna Saltykova by Karl Brullov (State Russian Museum - St. Petersburg Russia)

1841 Elizabeta Pavlovna Saltykova by Karl Brullov (State Russian Museum - St. Petersburg Russia)

1841 Maria Buturlina, née Gagarin by Christina Robertson (Voronezh Regional Art Museum - Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast Russia)

1841 Maria Buturlina, née Gagarin by Christina Robertson (Voronezh Regional Art Museum - Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast Russia)

SUBALBUM: Grand Princess Alexandra Nikolaievna

SUBALBUM: Grand Princess Alexandra Nikolaievna

SUBALBUM: Natalia Nikolaievna Pushkina-Lanskaya, née Goncharova

SUBALBUM: Natalia Nikolaievna Pushkina-Lanskaya, née Goncharova

SUBALBUM: Grand Princess Alexandra Iosifovna

SUBALBUM: Grand Princess Alexandra Iosifovna

1843 Princess Elena Mescherskaya, wife of Prince Calixto Biron by Petr Feodorovich Sokolov

1843 Princess Elena Mescherskaya, wife of Prince Calixto Biron by Petr Feodorovich Sokolov

SUBALBUM: Emilia Karlovna Musina-Pushkina

SUBALBUM: Emilia Karlovna Musina-Pushkina

1844 Yelizaveta Tolstaya, née Tulinova by Vladimir Ivanovich Hau (location unknown to gogm)

1844 Yelizaveta Tolstaya, née Tulinova by Vladimir Ivanovich Hau (location unknown to gogm)

1845 Countess Elizaveta Petrovna Potemkina, née Troubetskaya by L. Fisher (Museum of V. A. Tropinin - Moskva Russia)

1845 Countess Elizaveta Petrovna Potemkina, née Troubetskaya by L. Fisher (Museum of V. A. Tropinin - Moskva Russia)

SUBALBUM: Countess Sofia Andreievna Bobrinskaia

SUBALBUM: Countess Sofia Andreievna Bobrinskaia

1847 Princess O. A. Galitzine, née Scherbatova, by Petr Fedorovich Sokolov (location unknown to gogm)

1847 Princess O. A. Galitzine, née Scherbatova, by Petr Fedorovich Sokolov (location unknown to gogm)

1847 P. N. Ryumina by Petr Fedorovich Sokolov (location unknown to gogm)

1847 P. N. Ryumina by Petr Fedorovich Sokolov (location unknown to gogm)

1847 Sukhovo-Kobylin sisters l. - r. Russian writer Evgenia Tur (real name - Countess Elizaveta Vasilyevna Salias De Tournemire nee Sukhovo-Kobylin), and her sisters Sophia and Evdokia by Pimen Nikitich Orlov (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moskva Russia)

1847 Sukhovo-Kobylin sisters l. - r. Russian writer Evgenia Tur (real name - Countess Elizaveta Vasilyevna Salias De Tournemire nee Sukhovo-Kobylin), and her sisters Sophia and Evdokia by Pimen Nikitich Orlov (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moskva Russia)

1848 Alexandra Urusova, née E. A. Razumovskaya, married to Count Pavel Alexandrovich Urusov by Georg Kordik (State Historical Museum - Moskva Russia)

1848 Alexandra Urusova, née E. A. Razumovskaya, married to Count Pavel Alexandrovich Urusov by Georg Kordik (State Historical Museum - Moskva Russia)

1848 Elizabeth A. Poletika (1832-1854), daughter of Idalia Poletika, in marriage Mordvinova by Emile François Dessain (location unknown to gogm)

1848 Elizabeth A. Poletika (1832-1854), daughter of Idalia Poletika, in marriage Mordvinova by Emile François Dessain (location unknown to gogm)

1849 Elizabeth A. Poletika (1832-1854), daughter of Idalia Poletika, in marriage Mordvinova by Vladimir Ivanovich Hau (location unknown to gogm)

1849 Elizabeth A. Poletika (1832-1854), daughter of Idalia Poletika, in marriage Mordvinova by Vladimir Ivanovich Hau (location unknown to gogm)

1848 Countess Olga Esperovna Shuvalova, née Princess Belosel'skii-Belozerskii by Vladimir Ivanovich Hau ()

1848 Countess Olga Esperovna Shuvalova, née Princess Belosel'skii-Belozerskii by Vladimir Ivanovich Hau ()

1858 Countess Olga Esperovna Shouvalova, née Princess Beloselskaia-Belozerskaia by Franz Xavier Winterhalter (State Hermitage Museum - St. Petersburg Russia)

1858 Countess Olga Esperovna Shouvalova, née Princess Beloselskaia-Belozerskaia by Franz Xavier Winterhalter (State Hermitage Museum - St. Petersburg Russia)

1849 Grand Princess Maria Mikhailovna (?) by Carl Timoleon von Neff (Hermitage)

1849 Grand Princess Maria Mikhailovna (?) by Carl Timoleon von Neff (Hermitage)

SUBALBUM: Tsaritsa Maria Alexandrovna

SUBALBUM: Tsaritsa Maria Alexandrovna

1850 Ekaterina Mikhailovna by Carl Timoleon von Neff (location unknown to gogm)

1850 Ekaterina Mikhailovna by Carl Timoleon von Neff (location unknown to gogm)

ca. 1850 La Comtesse Julie de Stroganoff by Natalia Anderson after a portrait by Steuben

ca. 1850 La Comtesse Julie de Stroganoff by Natalia Anderson after a portrait by Steuben

1842-1855 Irina Vorontsova-Dashkova by Hippolyte Robillard (State Hermitage Museum - St. Petersburg Russia)

1842-1855 Irina Vorontsova-Dashkova by Hippolyte Robillard (State Hermitage Museum - St. Petersburg Russia)

SUBALBUM: Grand Princess Olga Feodorovna, née Cecilie of Baden

SUBALBUM: Grand Princess Olga Feodorovna, née Cecilie of Baden

1850s Troubetskaias by ? (location unknown to gogm)

1850s Troubetskaias by ? (location unknown to gogm)

1852 Varvara Buturlina by Vladimir Ivanovich Hau (location unknown to gogm)

1852 Varvara Buturlina by Vladimir Ivanovich Hau (location unknown to gogm)

1852 Levitskaya Volkonskaya by Vasily Tropinin (location unknown to gogm)

1852 Levitskaya Volkonskaya by Vasily Tropinin (location unknown to gogm)

1854 Ball in the New Palace (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna) by Adolph von Menzel (Hermitage).

1854 Ball in the New Palace (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna) by Adolph von Menzel (Hermitage).

1854 E. H. Abamelek Lazareva by Sergey Konstantinovich Zaryanko (location unknown to gogm)

1854 E. H. Abamelek Lazareva by Sergey Konstantinovich Zaryanko (location unknown to gogm)

1855 Maid of honor, A. P. Alexandrova by Gavriil I. Yakovlev (location unknown to gogm)

1855 Maid of honor, A. P. Alexandrova by Gavriil I. Yakovlev (location unknown to gogm)

1856 Ball Given by the Countess Granville at Moscow print

1856 Ball Given by the Countess Granville at Moscow print

Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna

Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna

1857 or 1858 Lidia Schbelsky, Baroness Stael-Holstein by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts - Richmond, Virginia USA)

1857 or 1858 Lidia Schbelsky, Baroness Stael-Holstein by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts - Richmond, Virginia USA)

1857-1858 Countess Varvara Alexeievna Mousina-Pushkina, née Cheremeteva by Franz Xavier Winterhalter (Hermitage)

1857-1858 Countess Varvara Alexeievna Mousina-Pushkina, née Cheremeteva by Franz Xavier Winterhalter (Hermitage)

1858 Countess Pushkina wearing a dark dress by André-Alphonse-Eugène Disdéri (Musée d'Orsay)

1858 Countess Pushkina wearing a dark dress by André-Alphonse-Eugène Disdéri (Musée d'Orsay)

1860(?) Countess of Pushkin (may be Varvara Musina-Pushkina?) by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (location unknown)

1860(?) Countess of Pushkin (may be Varvara Musina-Pushkina?) by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (location unknown)

S. S. Botkina by A. I. Strelkovsky

S. S. Botkina by A. I. Strelkovsky

1857 Countess Lina Muraviova, née Princess Gagarina by Franz Xavier Winterhalter (Uffizi)

1857 Countess Lina Muraviova, née Princess Gagarina by Franz Xavier Winterhalter (Uffizi)

1857 Countess Sophia Bobrinskaya by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (State Hermitage Museum - St. Petersburg Russia)

1857 Countess Sophia Bobrinskaya by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (State Hermitage Museum - St. Petersburg Russia)

1858 Princess Tatiana Alexandrovna Youssoupova, née Countess Ribeaupierre by Franz Xavier Winterhalter (Arkhangelskoie Estate Museum - Moskva Russia)

1858 Princess Tatiana Alexandrovna Youssoupova, née Countess Ribeaupierre by Franz Xavier Winterhalter (Arkhangelskoie Estate Museum - Moskva Russia)

Tatiana Alexandrovna Yussopova, née Ribeaupierre by Christina Robertson (location unknown to gogm)

Tatiana Alexandrovna Yussopova, née Ribeaupierre by Christina Robertson (location unknown to gogm)

1858 Sophia Petrovna Naryshkina, née Ushakova by Franz Xavier Winterhalter (Hermitage)

1858 Sophia Petrovna Naryshkina, née Ushakova by Franz Xavier Winterhalter (Hermitage)

SUBALBUM: Elizaveta Alexandrovna Bariatinskia

SUBALBUM: Elizaveta Alexandrovna Bariatinskia

1858 Varvara Dmitrievna Rimskaia-Korsakova (1833-1878), née Mlle Mergasova by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (Savitkoy Gallery - Penza, Russia)

1858 Varvara Dmitrievna Rimskaia-Korsakova (1833-1878), née Mlle Mergasova by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (Savitkoy Gallery - Penza, Russia)

1864 Madame Barbe de Rimsky Korsakov by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (Musée d'Orsay - Paris France)

1864 Madame Barbe de Rimsky Korsakov by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (Musée d'Orsay - Paris France)

Baroness Meller Zakomalskoy by ? (State Hermitage Museum - St. Petersburg Russia)

Baroness Meller Zakomalskoy by ? (State Hermitage Museum - St. Petersburg Russia)

1859 Alexander II with his retinue in the Arsenal Hall of the-Gatchina Palace by Mihaly Zichy (Hermitage)

1859 Alexander II with his retinue in the Arsenal Hall of the-Gatchina Palace by Mihaly Zichy (Hermitage)

1859 Alexander II with his retinue in the Arsenal Hall of the-Gatchina Palace by Mihaly Zichy (Hermitage) ladies in crinolines

1859 Alexander II with his retinue in the Arsenal Hall of the-Gatchina Palace by Mihaly Zichy (Hermitage) ladies in crinolines

1859 Countess Maria Ivanovna Lamsdorff, née Beck by Franz Winterhalter (Metropolitan Museum)

1859 Countess Maria Ivanovna Lamsdorff, née Beck by Franz Winterhalter (Metropolitan Museum)

1841 Helena Beloselskiy-Belozerskiy by Christina Robertson

1841 Helena Beloselskiy-Belozerskiy by Christina Robertson

1860 Elena Pavlovna Bibikova, Princess Kochubey by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (Walters Art Gallery - Baltimore, Maryland USA)

1860 Elena Pavlovna Bibikova, Princess Kochubey by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (Walters Art Gallery - Baltimore, Maryland USA)

1860 Princess Maria Alexandrovna Obolenskaia née Princess Lvova by Franz Xavier Winterhalter (private collection)

1860 Princess Maria Alexandrovna Obolenskaia née Princess Lvova by Franz Xavier Winterhalter (private collection)

SUBALBUM: Eugenie of Leuchtenberg

SUBALBUM: Eugenie of Leuchtenberg

SUBALBUM: Grand Princess Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of Edinburgh and Saxe Coburg Gotha

SUBALBUM: Grand Princess Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of Edinburgh and Saxe Coburg Gotha

1863 Princess K. A. Abaza by Sergei Zaryanko (location unknown to gogm)

1863 Princess K. A. Abaza by Sergei Zaryanko (location unknown to gogm)

1864 S. L. Stroganova by Konstantin Egorovich Makovsky (State Tretyakov Gallery - Moskva Russia)

1864 S. L. Stroganova by Konstantin Egorovich Makovsky (State Tretyakov Gallery - Moskva Russia)

1865 (5 February) fancy dress ball at the palace of Princess Helena Kochubey in honor of Emperor Alexander II by Mihaly Zichy (State Hermitage Museum - St. Petersburg Russia)

1865 (5 February) fancy dress ball at the palace of Princess Helena Kochubey in honor of Emperor Alexander II by Mihaly Zichy (State Hermitage Museum - St. Petersburg Russia)

1867 E. Vasilchikova by Ivan Kramskoy (Perm Art Gallery, Perm Rusia)

1867 E. Vasilchikova by Ivan Kramskoy (Perm Art Gallery, Perm Rusia)

ca. 1867 Princess Maria Elimovna Meshcherskaia

ca. 1867 Princess Maria Elimovna Meshcherskaia

1869 Sofia Bobrinskiy by Hippolyte Robiyyar

1869 Sofia Bobrinskiy by Hippolyte Robiyyar

1869 Nadezhda Mikhailovna Polovtsova by Michele Gordigiani (location unknown to gogm)

1869 Nadezhda Mikhailovna Polovtsova by Michele Gordigiani (location unknown to gogm)

1876 Nadezhda Polovtseva by Charles-Émile-Auguste Carolus-Duran (location unknown to gogm)

1876 Nadezhda Polovtseva by Charles-Émile-Auguste Carolus-Duran (location unknown to gogm)

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