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| Keywords: Franz Xaver Winterhalter - Princess Kotschoubey - Walters 372396.jpg Although born a peasant in the Black Forest region of southwestern Germany Winterhalter became the foremost portraitist of European royalty and nobility Hélène Bibikoff was initially married to Prince Esper A Belosselsky-Belozersky and subsequently to Prince Kotschoubey the son of the chancellor of the Russian empire A woman of great wealth even by the standards of her time the Princess travelled extensively mingling in the European courts and entertaining lavishly Her palace on the Nevsky Prospekt St Petersburg was the setting for balls that rivaled those of the court in all its grandeur She is reported to have maintained her role as a social leader at the imperial court with autocratic zeal Winterhalter has depicted her in one of his customary formats three-quarter length nearly life-size and painted against an overcast sky She wears a black silk gown black lace and jewelry including a necklace of large pearls a pearl brooch with a large pendant pearl a flexible serpentine bracelet and several rings 1860 Oil on canvas cm 129 5 97 ; Framed cm 147 32 114 3 accession number 37 2396 8754 Princess Kotschoubey 1812-88 and/or her family St Petersburg 1860 by commission Prince Konstantin Esperovitch Belosselsky-Belozersky 1843-1920 St Petersburg 1888 by inheritance Prince Sergei Konstantinovitch Belosselsky-Belozersky 1867-1951 1920 by inheritance Prince Sergei Sergeievitch Belosselsky-Belozersky 1985-1978 1951 by inheritance Walters Art Museum January 1964 by gift Gift of Prince Serge Belosselsky 1964 Fr Winterhalter/Paris 1860 red paint in lower right German 19th Century Paintings and Drawings The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1983 place of origin Bologna Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Female portraits by Winterhalter Russian royalty by Winterhalter 19th-century portrait paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1860 Helena Beloselskiy-Belozerskiy Kochubey 1860 oil on canvas paintings in the United States 1860 portrait paintings 19th-century oil portraits of standing women at three-quarter length 1860 Females with black dresses in art 1860 Females with clothing with pearls in art 1860 Females with pearl necklaces in art 1860 Franz Xaver Winterhalter | ||||
