Count Pavel Pavlovich Demidov, 2nd Prince of San Donato was a Russian industrialist, jurist, philanthropist and nobleman of the House of Demidov. He was the only child of Finnish philanthropist Aurora Karamzin and Prince Pavel Nikolaievich Demidov.
Aurora Demidova with son Paul by L. H. de Liomenil, 1840's. Sold by the Demidoff family at Christie's in New York, 2007.
Paul Demidoff, Prince of San Donato. Gustave Ricard, 1859.
Maria Elimova Meshcherskaya, 1866
Villa di Pratolino
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The Villa di Pratolino was a Renaissance patrician villa in Vaglia, Tuscany, Italy. It was mostly demolished in 1822. Its remains are now part of the Villa Demidoff, 12 km north of Florence, reached from the main road to Bologna.
Pratolino, the lower half of the garden, by Giusto Utens, 1599 (Museo Topografico, Florence)
The "Apennine Colossus" in its niche
The "Apennine Colossus" by Giambologna
The park and Villa Demidoff, which is the restored Paggeria of Villa di Pratolino.