Portrait of Maria Vorontsova by Dmitry Levitsky

Portrait of Maria Vorontsova by Dmitry Levitsky

The portraits of the Vorotsov girls, probably created for the family portrait gallery, are recognized as an exceptional phenomenon in Russian art of the 18th century. They amaze with the attention to the inner world depicted, amazing skill in the transfer of textures of various fabrics and fine harmony of color relationships. Maria Artemyevna Vorontsova – Countess. The eldest daughter of Count Artemy Ivanovich Vorontsov and Praskovya Fedorovna, nee Kvashnina-Samarina.

Maid of honor of Empress Maria Feodorovna. A. A. Stanker, the orphaned daughter of her second cousin A. Yu. Pushkina, relatives of A. Pushkin, took up the upbringing. According to M. D. Buturlina, M. A. Vorontsova was distinguished by extraordinary wit and remembered many stories from the life of the imperial court. Portraits of the Vorontsov family come from the collection of A. K. Boldyrev, who was the grandson of the younger daughter of A. I. Vorontsov – Praskovya Artemyevna Timofeeva.

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