Alexander Mikhailovich Leontovsky

Original canvas. There is a faint stretcher mark visible across the center of the canvas. There is minor craquelure and two small spots of paint loss in the lower right corner. Under UV several spots of pigment fluoresce in the lower right corner and in the center of the sitter's dress, but varnish prevents a conclusive analysis. Held in a wood frame with plaster molding. Unexamined out of frame.
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It is thought that the present sitter may be a lady-in-waiting to Alexandra Feodorovna at Tsarskoe Selo. An oil sketch for the present work is in the collection of the Taganrog Art Museum (fig.1).