Portrait of Sarah Eleanore Fairmore

Ivan Vishnyakov 1749 (1750?)

The State Russian Museum
St. Petersburg, Russia

Possibly Ivan Vishnyakov’s finest portrait, this is one of the most poetic images of a child painted in Russia in the eighteenth century. Sarah Eleanore Fairmore (1740 — between 1805 and 1825): Daughter of William Fairmore, an English general stationed in Russia. Married Count Stenbock (1765). Her son was the first Count Stenbock-Fairmore, one of the most distinguished families in Imperial Russia.

Details

Title: Portrait of Sarah Eleanore Fairmore
Creator Lifespan: 1699 - 1761
Creator Nationality: Russian
Creator Gender: Male
Creator Death Place: Russia, St.Petersburg
Creator Birth Place: Russia, Moscow
Date Created: 1749 (1750?)
Location Created: Russia
Physical Dimensions: w1090 x h1350 mm (Complete)
Type: painting
Rights: The State Russian Museum, 1907, The State Russian Museum
Medium: Oil on canvas
Painter: Ivan Vishnyakov
Original Title: Портрет Сарры Элеоноры Фермор
Medium Extent: Complete

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