Countess Ekaterina Vasilievna by RoyalArtist91 on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

Published: Jun 29, 2022

Description

Acrylic (20x25 inch) copy of Ekaterina Vasilievna (1761-1829) one of the five Engelhardt sisters at the court of Empress catherine II and the nieces of Grigory Potemkin (who may have had a secret marriage with the Empress at the same time having sexual affairs with his nieces)...anyway... if you track her descendants you will find Nick Clegg Former Deputy UK Prime Minister.

Original painting by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris) ; Date: 1796

In her memoirs, Vigée Le Brun wrote about her,- "she (Ekaterina) was utterly idle all day, she had no education, and her conversation was quite empty. But in spite of all that, thanks to her lovely face and her angelic sweetness, she had an incomparable charm"

Image size

3888x5184px 3.76 MB

Model

Canon PowerShot SX710 HS

Shutter Speed

1/501 second

Date Taken

Jun 29, 2022, 3:09:09 PM