Prince Paolo Petrovich Troubetzkoy was an artist and a sculptor who was described by George Bernard Shaw as "the most astonishing sculptor of modern times". By birth, he was a member of the ancient House of Trubetskoy.
Portrait of Paolo Troubetzkoy by Valentin Serov
Portrait of Troubetzkoy, etching, by Anders Zorn, 1909
Portion of St. Louis Post-Dispatch page of March 17, 1912, shows reporter Marguerite Martyn, in the center, making sketches for her article on Troubetzkoy and his wife, Elin Sundström (drawing right and photo center). The layout also includes a caricature that Troubetzkoy did of Sundström and himself, as well as Troubetzkoy quotations that Martyn noted.
Bust of Gabriele D'Annunzio, 1892. Vittoriale degli italiani, Gardone Riviera. Photo by Paolo Monti, 1969.
The House of Trubetskoy, is a Russian gentry family of Ruthenian stock and Lithuanian origin, like many other princely houses of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, later prominent in Russian history, science, and arts. They are descended from Algirdas's son Demetrius I Starshy. They used the Pogoń Litewska coat of arms and the Trubetsky coat of arms.
Trubetskoy Mansion, Petrovskij Pereulok, Moscow, designed by Joseph Bové
Portrait of Vladimiro Notarbartolo Di Villarosa by Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy (1906)
