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Portrait of Countess Elizaveta Romanovna Vorontsova (1739–1792)

1762
Not on view
In 1716, Tzar Peter the Great founded a tapestry-weaving workshop in his new capital city, Saint Petersburg. Although many of the tapestries made in the workshop took Old Master paintings by the likes of Rembrandt and van Dyck as their models, some were more unusual. Exceptional is this portrait of the scandalous mistress of Tzar Peter III. Only aged twenty-three at the time of weaving, the soft blush of her cheeks, and sumptuous materials of her gown have been admirably captured by the Gobelins-trained weaver.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Portrait of Countess Elizaveta Romanovna Vorontsova (1739–1792)
  • Manufactory: Imperial Russian Tapestry Manufactory, Saint Petersburg
  • Maker: Workshop of Jean Baptiste Rondet (active 1740–64)
  • Date: 1762
  • Culture: Russian, St. Petersburg
  • Medium: Wool, silk (22-24 warps per inch, 10 per cm.)
  • Dimensions: H. 42 1/2 x W. 34 inches (108 x 86.4 cm)
  • Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
  • Credit Line: Gift of Alice E. Van Orden, 1962
  • Object Number: 62.105
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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