Lot Essay
Mrs Shafirova née Kopieva was the wife of Baron Pjotr Shafirov (1669-1739), vice chancellor of Tsar Peter the Great.
Mrs Shafirova, in lace-bordered embroidered white silk dress, blue velvet cloak, pearls in her long dark hair falling over her left shoulder
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RUSSIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1720
Mrs Shafirova, in lace-bordered embroidered white silk dress, blue velvet cloak, pearls in her long dark hair falling over her left shoulder
on vellum with artists's joins
oval, 2 5/16 in. (59 mm.) wide, gilt-metal mount within rectangular wood panel with gilt-metal outer mount
Mrs Shafirova, in lace-bordered embroidered white silk dress, blue velvet cloak, pearls in her long dark hair falling over her left shoulder
on vellum with artists's joins
oval, 2 5/16 in. (59 mm.) wide, gilt-metal mount within rectangular wood panel with gilt-metal outer mount
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