Gogol was fascinated by the Countess Anna Mikhailovna Vielgorskaya and even tried to make her an offer.
In the edition of the correspondence between Gogol and Vielgorsky, this episode is covered as follows: “According to the family legend of Vielgorski, in the late 1840s Gogol decided to make an offer to Anna Mikhailovna.
However, preliminary talks with relatives immediately convinced him that the inequality of their social situation excludes the possibility of such a marriage. “
Related Paintings 
Retrato de Anna Mikhailovna Vielgorskaya – Karl Gampeln 
Portrait d’Anna Mikhailovna Vielgorskaya – Karl Gampeln 
Anna, Countess Olbmarle by Joshua Reynolds 
Portrait of Konovnitsyn Petr Petrovich by Karl Gampeln 
Countess Anna Protasova with her nieces by Angelika Kaufman 
Portrait of musician M. Yu. Vielgorsky by Karl Bryullov 
Madonna with the Child and Saint Anna by Leonardo da Vinci 
The seller of gypsum figurines by Karl Gampeln
Retrato de Anna Mikhailovna Vielgorskaya – Karl Gampeln Portrait d’Anna Mikhailovna Vielgorskaya – Karl Gampeln Anna, Countess Olbmarle by Joshua Reynolds Portrait of Konovnitsyn Petr Petrovich by Karl Gampeln Countess Anna Protasova with her nieces by Angelika Kaufman Portrait of musician M. Yu. Vielgorsky by Karl Bryullov Madonna with the Child and Saint Anna by Leonardo da Vinci The seller of gypsum figurines by Karl Gampeln