Portrait of Countess Maria Vladimirovna Musina-Pushkina
oil on panel
80 x 64 cm (31 1/2 x 25 1/4 in.)
PROVENANCE
Property of a Russian Orthodox priest, Tolstoy Foundation, Valley Cottage, New York
Pedersten Gallery, Lambertville, New Jersey
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2008
LITERATURE
Jacques Ferrand, Histoire et généalogie des nobles et comtes Moussine-Pouchkine, (Paris, 1994)
LOT NOTES:
Jacques Ferrand, author of Histoire et généalogie des nobles et comtes Moussine-Pouchkine, identifies the sitter in his letter to the past owner, dated October 4, 2000 (a copy of the letter is available on request).