Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2009
The Year
Acquisitions
Art of Europe: July 2008–June 2009
Baroness Stroganoff née Princess Belosselsky
about 1743–1810
Unidentified artist
Unframed: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)
Framed: 42 x 34 in. (106.7 x 86.4 cm)
Oil on canvas
Classification: Paintings
Accession number: 2009.347
Provenance/Ownership History: Probably passed from the sitter, Princess Natalia Mikhailovna Beloselskaya (b. 1743 - d. 1819), by descent through the family to Serge Belosselsky; 1978, by inheritance from Serge Belosselsky to his daughter, Tatiana Belosselsky Bezamat, Ipswich, MA; 2009, gift of Tatiana Belosselsky Bezamat to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 25, 2009)
Gift of Tatiana Belosselsky Bezamat in memory of her father Serge Belosselsky