Keywords: A.Demidova with son Paul by L.H.de Liomenil (1840s, priv.coll.).jpg Ав о а Ка ловна Демидова с сыном Павлом Laure Houssaye de Liomenil FRENCH 1806-1866 Portrait of Aurore Demidoff-Karamzine with her son seated on a balcony signed 'L de Liomenil' center right pastel and charcoal on paper 24¼ x 18¾ in 61 6 x 47 6 cm Provenance Formerly from the collection of the Demidoff family The sitter whose maiden name is Stjernvall was born in Finland in 1808 She became lady-in-waiting of Empress Alexandra Fedorovna the Elder and married Prince Paul Demidoff 1798-1840 Six years after the death of her first husband she married a Russian officer Colonel Andrey Karamzin who died in the Crimean War in 1854 She returned to Finland where she became a well-known philanthropist until her death in 1902 The child in the present lot is her only child Prince Paul Demidoff 1839-1885 Sale 1847 The House Sale 20 - 21 June 2007 New York Rockefeller Plaza http //www christies com/lotfinder/lot/laure-houssaye-de-liomenil-portrait-of-aurore-4915270-details aspx from searchresults intObjectID 4915270 sid 65699a49-97da-4a79-9877-58465ad2d686 http //www sothebys com/ru/auctions/ecatalogue/2007/russian-art-and-paintings-l07115/lot 117 html http //www shishkin-gallery ru/images/catalog/shishkin_gallery_auction_catalog_20101007 pdf 1840-е Laure Née Girard Houssaye De Léoménil 1806-1866 Aurora Karamzin Family portraits of Russia Pavel Pavlovich Demidov Private collections of Russian art Images from Christie's House of Demidov's collections PD-old |