COUNTESS MARIA ALEXANDROVNA MUSIN-PUSHKINA, NÉE URUSOVA, FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
Currently in storage
About this object
Maria Musin-Pushkina, née Urusova (1801-1853), was the sister of Sophia Alexandrovna Urusova, who is also featured in the Middleton Album (52.39.29). Maria married Ivan Alexeevich Musin-Pushkin (1783-1836) in 1822. Like her sister, she was close to Alexander Pushkin. After the death of her husband in 1836, she married statesman Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov (1798-1883) in 1838.
The oval bust-length portrait presents Countess Mousin-Pushkin facing left, her eyes looking towards the viewer, against a background of blue sky with grey clouds. Her brown ringlets peek out from beneath a white turban decorated with gold fringe and an ornament with three pearl drops. She wears a white dress partly covered by a yellow cashmere shawl.
- Object name:
- COUNTESS MARIA ALEXANDROVNA MUSIN-PUSHKINA, NÉE URUSOVA, FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
- Made from:
- Watercolor on paper
- Made in:
- Place made unknown
- Date made:
- 1822-1836
- Size:
- H. 7 in., W. 5 1/4 in.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 52.39.30
- Signature marks:
- Inscription Comtesse Moucin Pouschkin, née Princesse Ourousoff Bottom of page In cursive
- Credit line:
- Museum Purchase, 2004