LEONTOVSKY Alexandre Mikhaïlovitch (1865-1928).

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LEONTOVSKY Alexandre Mikhaïlovitch (1865-1928).
Portrait of the young princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (1895-1970). Oil on canvas mounted on wood, signed lower right in Cyrillic characters, dated 1911, preserved in an antique giltwood frame. Good condition. Sight: H.: 52.5 cm - W.: 49 cm. Frame: H.: 67 cm - W.: 62.5 cm. History: very famous at the court of St. Petersburg, the artist made several portraits of members of the imperial family of Russia, including that of the Grand Duchess Elisabeth Mavrikievna (1865-1927), born Princess of Saxe-Altenburg, currently exhibited at the Regional Museum of Art Vrubek in Omsk. In the same year he painted the portrait of her husband Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich (1858-1915), which is now in the Museum of Russian History in St. Petersburg. And in 1909, he painted the portrait of Grand Duke Wladimir Alexandrovich (1847-1909), which is in a private collection. Provenance: This painting was in Prince Youssoupoff's bedroom, opposite his bed, on the boudoir side, on the first floor of his Parisian residence at 38 rue Pierre-Guérin, as can be seen in the photo opposite and in the photo on page 53.
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