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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Natasha, post: 245959, member: 3724&quot;]Well, here is some information. The artist&#039;s name is Dmitriy Suslov. Born in 1907, died 1964. Russian artist of very average level of skills. So, the portraits of 1900 are not his. </p><p>Now, about the drawing. It is a poor copy of the famous painting PRINCESS TARAKANOVA by K. Flavytsky. The history of this person is mysterious and tragic. She claimed to be an illegal daughter of the Russian Empress Yelizaveta and her secret husband Razumovsky. Thus, she claimed the right for the Russian throne. As she was the rival of the next Empress Catherine II and had support of some influential group of nobility, Catherine ordered to kidnap her and put her in jail. After years of tortures she died in jail.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]75626[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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