Pavel Nikolaievich Demidov
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Pavel Nikolaievich Demidov was a Russian nobleman of the Demidov dynasty, philanthropist and industrialist. His father was Ober-Chamberlain Nikolai Nikitich Demidov and his mother Baroness Elizaveta A
Pavel Nikolaievich Demidov at the age of nineteen. By Jean-Baptiste Singry, 1817.
Posthumous portrait of Pavel Nikolaievich Demidov. P. P. Vedenetsky, 1841. Nizhny Tagil Museum-Reserve.
Aurora Demidova with son Paul by L. H. de Liomenil, 1840s. Sold by the Demidoff family at Christie's auction in New York, 2007.
Aurora Karamzin
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Eva Aurora Charlotta Karamzin was a Finnish philanthropist and a lady-in-waiting in the Imperial Court of Russia. She is better known as Princess Aurora Demidova and Aurora Karamzina, titles that were
Pavel Nikolaievich Demidov
…set up nursing homes and hospitals. In Russia, this export of property to foreign countries was condemned. The general perception was that his bride Aurora Stjernvall was hoped to persuade her husband to return to Russia and manage his property wisely and for the benefit of his own country and emperor. The younger…
1837 portrait
Villa Hakasalmi manor house in the centre of Helsinki where Aurora Karamzin lived most of her life. Now a museum.
Aurora Karamzin, by Alexis Joseph Perignon, 1853. The Collections of the National Museum of Finland, Helsinki.