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Varvara Ivanovna Ladomirskaya

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun French

1800

Not on view

Vigée Le Brun painted this portrait in Moscow for the sitter’s mother, a personal friend. Varvara Ivanovna (1785–1840) was an illegitimate child of Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov and Countess Stroganova, who had left her husband in St. Petersburg to be with her lover. In this compelling image, the sitter is represented in Greek costume: a chemise dress under an embroidered stole fastened at the shoulder.

Varvara Ivanovna Ladomirskaya, Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris), Oil on canvas — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Varvara Ivanovna Ladomirskaya

Artist: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)

Date: 1800

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25 × 21 3/4 in. (63.5 × 55.2 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Museum Purchase, Derby Fund (1963.019)

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