Misia Sert was known primarily as a patron of contemporary artists and musicians during the decades she hosted salons in her homes in Paris. Born in the Russian Empire and of Belgian, French and Polis
Misa Sert
Misia by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1897
Misia Sert, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1906
Sert portrayed on the cover of La revue blanche, 1872, by Toulouse-Lautrec
The Mdivani family is a Georgian noble family with the rank of aznauri.
Misia Sert
…emotionally tumultuous. Her husband became involved with Princess Isabelle Roussadana Mdivani, known as "Roussy", who belonged to the aristocratic Russian Mdivani family. Given her own varied experiences, Sert tried to accommodate herself to this liaison and also entered into a sexual relationship with Roussy…
Simon Mdivani, politician and Georgian ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
Serge Mdivani and Pola Negri in May 1927
David Mdivani and Mae Murray in 1926