Portrait Princess Zinaida Yusupova Oil on canvas after Valentin Serov

School of the twentieth century. Oil on canvas after valentin serov (1865-1911) Portrait of the famous princess zinaida nikolaevna yusupova, (1861, st. Petersburg, russian empire - 1939 paris, france). She was a russian noblewoman and was best known as the mother of prince felix yusupov, rasputin's murderer. See the model: "the portrait of prince felix yusupov by valentin serov". The yusupov family acquired their wealth generations earlier through extensive land grants in siberia, and owned a series of profitable mines and fur trading posts. There was a time when the yusupovs were the richest family in the russian empire. 96 cm X 77 cm.