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Portrait of Sarah Eleanore Fairmore
Ivan Vishnyakov1749 (1750?)
The State Russian Museum
St. Petersburg, Russia
Possibly Ivan Vishnyakov’s finest portrait, this is one of the most poetic images of a child painted in Russia in the eighteenth century. Sarah Eleanore Fairmore (1740 — between 1805 and 1825): Daughter of William Fairmore, an English general stationed in Russia. Married Count Stenbock (1765). Her son was the first Count Stenbock-Fairmore, one of the most distinguished families in Imperial Russia.
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Details
- Title: Portrait of Sarah Eleanore Fairmore
- Creator Lifespan: 1699 - 1761
- Creator Nationality: Russian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Russia, St.Petersburg
- Creator Birth Place: Russia, Moscow
- Date Created: 1749 (1750?)
- Location Created: Russia
- Physical Dimensions: w1090 x h1350 mm (Complete)
- Type: painting
- Rights: The State Russian Museum, 1907, The State Russian Museum
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Painter: Ivan Vishnyakov
- Original Title: Портрет Сарры Элеоноры Фермор
- Medium Extent: Complete
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