Portrait of Irina BEKETOVA
Fine Arts
Inventory number
2021.6.15.7.FA.PA.C1830.RUDescription
Watercolour painting portrait of a noble middle aged lady represented in a navy home dress, wearing a lace bonnet on her head and a matching fichu collar on the neck. This artwork is a 1830s reproduction of an original oil on canvas painting portrait created in 1811 by Friedrich KÜHNEL (1766 - 1841)Irina (Arina) Ivanovna BEKETOVA, nee MYASNIKOVA (1743 - 1823) was the owner of the Epiphany and Simsk ironwork factories inherited from her father. Daughter of the Ural merchant-mining breeder, collegiate assessor Ivan Semenovich MYASNIKOV, married to Colonel Pyotr BEKETOV, she was famous for her mercy.
Materials
Watercolor on paperMaple wood
Glass
Origin
circa 1830 Russian EmpireDimensions
Length : 22.5 cmHeight : 26 cm
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