Henri-François Riesener, son of Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806),
French cabinetmaker of German birth, was born in 1767 in Paris. He was
a student of Jacques-Louis David. The painter
participated in Salons from 1793-1827, worked in Paris, Warsaw, St. Petersburg
and Moscow (1816-1823). He specialized in portraits and was also known
as a miniaturist. Henri-François Riesener was the father of the
painter Léon Riesener (1808–78) and uncle of Eugène
Delacroix.
Josephina Fridrix (1780s-1824) was
a mistress of Grand Duke Constantin Pavlovich (1779-1831), son of the Emperor
Paul I. She had a son by him, Pavel Konstantinovich Alexandrov (1808-1857).
In 1816, she received the Russian name of Uliana Mikhailovna Alexandrova.
In 1820 she married A. S. Weis.
See: Henri Francois Riesener. Portrait
of Josephina Fridrix.
Lachinov, Peotr Petrovich (1793-1822)
officer of the Life Guards Hussar regiment participated in Napoleonic wars.
Retired as a colonel in 1821.
See: Henri Francois Riesener. Portrait
of Peotr Lachinov.
Apraksina, Sofia Petrovna (1800-1882),
née Tolstaya, daughter of the general and ambassador in Paris, count
Peotr Alexandrovich Tolstoy (1769-1844). In 1818 she married aide-de-camp
to the Emperor Alexander I, Vladimir Stepanovich Apraksin (1796-1833).
See: Henri Francois Riesener. Portrait
of S. P. Apraksina.
Dolgorukaya, Varvara Sergeevna
(1793-1833), princess, née princess Gagarina, daughter of the Secret
Councilor Prince Sergei Sergeevich Gagarin (1745-1798) and his wife, Princess
Varvara Nikolayevna, née Princess Golytsina (1762-1802). She lost
her parents early and was brought up and educated in Ekaterininsky Institute
under a special supervision of the Empress Maria Fedorovna. After graduating,
the princess was made a maid of honor to the empress. Prince Vasiliy Vasilievich
Dolgorukiy (1787-1858) met her and fell in love while she was a student,
but she refused him because she did not want to be the wife of a soldier.
The prince retired from military service and entered the civil one, after
that the wedding took place on January 7, 1812. The princess spent much
effort for charity. She had three children: son Vasiliy, who died young
and 2 daughters, Maria (1814-1869) who married Leo Kirillovych Naryshkin
(1809-1855) and Varvara (1816-1866) who married prince Vladimir Andreevich
Dolgorukiy (1810-1891), the famous governor-general of Moscow.
See: Henri Francois Riesener. Portrait
of Princess V. S. Dolgorukaya.
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