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The Lansdowne Madonna of the Yarnwinder, a Copy of Leonardo da Vinci's Work, and Its History

Another copy of the Madonna of the Yarnwinder is known as the Lansdowne Madonna, after the English marquesses who owned the painting in the nineteenth century. It was listed among the possessions of the dowager Marchioness of Lansdowne. By the end of the century the work had left the family

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It is said that if the Madonna of the Yarnwinder, owned by the Duke of Buccleuch, were ever put up for sale, its price could reach a billion pounds

It is said that if the Madonna of the Yarnwinder, owned by the Duke of Buccleuch, were ever put up for sale, its price could reach a billion pounds. It would then become the most expensive painting in history

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Shades of lilac as a mourning colour in eighteenth-century Russia and at the French court

A few days ago I wrote about the mourning suite of the Duchess of Aumale. https://theparnassian.com/stulchik-iz-garnitura-gertsogini-omal-ili-frantsuzskoi-printsessy-marii-karoliny-burbon-sitsiliiskoi/ https://theparnassian.com/tak-etot-stulchik-vygliadit-s-iznachalnoi-obivkoi/ https://theparnassian.com/delo-v-tom-chto-po-drevnei-traditsii-

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Upholstered suite of the Duchess of Aumale in mourning drapery after her death in 1869

The thing is that, by ancient tradition, after the death of a king or a member of the royal family the courtiers and the palace were clothed in mourning violet (dark lilac). The upholstered suite from the apartments of the Duchess of Aumale, wife of Prince Henri of Bourbon (Orléans)

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A little chair from the suite of the Duchess of Aumale, or of the French princess Marie Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

A little chair from the suite of the Duchess of Aumale, or of the French princess Marie Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Restoration revealed that beneath the lilac velvet lay the original green upholstery

Aristocracy · Faith · Moscow · Mores · Humour

Prince Yusupov served the Moscow Metropolitan goose instead of fish and lost half his property

Abdul Mirza Yusufov, christened Dmitry and granted the title of Prince Yusupov by Feodor Ioannovich, once decided to play a joke on the Metropolitan of Moscow and served him goose on a fast day in the guise of fish. The Metropolitan was deeply offended and petitioned the Tsar to punish

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The broken Chain of St Andrew and other incidents at the coronation of Nicholas II

When in Matilda Nicholas II faints during the coronation, the lady sitting next to me exclaimed: "I don't remember such a historical fact" Nor do I, for that matter. If anyone fainted at that coronation, it was the Senior Master of Ceremonies, Saltykov. But that is

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In the memoirs of Nikolai Volkov-Muromtsev there is an interesting episode about Khmelita, where he was born and raised

In the memoirs of Nikolai Volkov-Muromtsev there is an interesting episode about Khmelita, where he was born and raised. The estate was home to a water-carrier named Prokop, who had been born in 1799 a serf of the Griboyedovs. Prokop was a universal favourite, and the residents of

Two small boys in light costumes with blue sashes stand before a drapery, one holding a red banner with a cross.

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Grand Dukes Alexander and Konstantin Pavlovich as Children, Portrait by the Artist Heide, 1790

Portrait of the Grand Dukes Alexander Pavlovich and Konstantin Pavlovich as children. Artist: Heyde. 1790

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Serf craftsmen at Khmelita supplied the whole household of the Griboyedovs

The "Economic Notes of the General Survey for Smolensk Province" of 1781 record that the inhabitants of Khmelita included:. "confectioners, distillers who make vodka of various sorts for household consumption, blacksmiths, locksmiths, joiners, cooks, weavers who make German tablecloths, painters, gilders, lacquerers, bookbinders, saddlers, cobblers, shoemakers, tailors

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In one of the family rooms at Khmelita hangs a portrait of Suvorov, a reminder of the part played in Suvorov's campaigns by Alexei Fyodorovich Griboyedov, owner of the estate from the late 18th century

A half-open white multi-paned window in a manor interior, framed by pale curtains with tassels and a green houseplant leaf.

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In the 18th and 19th centuries Khmelita Estate Served Mainly as a Summer Residence

In the 18th and 19th centuries Khmelita was chiefly a summer residence: in winter, both getting there and living in so large a house was harder.