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Re: Grand Duchess Elizaveta - discussion and pictures PART IV
« Reply #15 on: December 15, 2010, 12:57:35 PM »
She looked horrible... :o

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Re: Grand Duchess Elizaveta - discussion and pictures PART IV
« Reply #16 on: December 15, 2010, 12:59:39 PM »
She lo9ked great in the real picture. The artist didnt make a good job portraying her.

I dinny like it at all 0_o

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Re: Grand Duchess Elizaveta - discussion and pictures PART IV
« Reply #17 on: December 15, 2010, 01:02:17 PM »
Yes. In the photo she looked inspirational. In this version she look like a zombie...

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Re: Grand Duchess Elizaveta - discussion and pictures PART IV
« Reply #19 on: December 16, 2010, 09:52:31 PM »
A modern portrait of Ella:

Ha. That looks like a zombie apocalypse Ella. Kind of frightening actually.
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Re: Grand Duchess Elizaveta - discussion and pictures PART IV
« Reply #20 on: December 17, 2010, 03:53:18 AM »
The last portrait I have posted of Ella could be the worst portrait I’ve seen of her.
Here is one of my favorite portrait of her:


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Re: Grand Duchess Elizaveta - discussion and pictures PART IV
« Reply #21 on: December 17, 2010, 04:58:10 PM »
Totally agree...The last one you liked was also based on a photo.

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Re: Grand Duchess Elizaveta - discussion and pictures PART IV
« Reply #22 on: December 20, 2010, 03:24:51 AM »
Sorry, if it’s already posted. Ella with Ernst sons:


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Re: Grand Duchess Elizaveta - discussion and pictures PART IV
« Reply #23 on: December 20, 2010, 12:14:11 PM »
 and the dog ?? it isnt Henry and Irenes dog ???

or its ellas dog ? and  how he did called ?

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Re: Grand Duchess Elizaveta - discussion and pictures PART IV
« Reply #24 on: December 20, 2010, 01:50:29 PM »
I think it belonged to Don & Lu (the kids).

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Re: Grand Duchess Elizaveta - discussion and pictures PART IV
« Reply #25 on: December 26, 2010, 11:46:26 PM »
From a 1912 exhibition catalogue

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Re: Grand Duchess Elizaveta - discussion and pictures PART IV
« Reply #26 on: December 27, 2010, 02:04:28 AM »
From a 1912 exhibition catalogue




I had posted the photo of this statue en face a  long ago and we discussed that GDss looked somewhat ugly.

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Re: Grand Duchess Elizaveta - discussion and pictures PART IV
« Reply #27 on: December 27, 2010, 10:28:04 AM »
Not beautiful but the body looked graceful in the linear curves.

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Re: Grand Duchess Elizaveta - discussion and pictures PART IV
« Reply #28 on: December 28, 2010, 03:03:35 AM »
Ugly? I think it is a very pretty statue - the features are quite alike. Of course that sort of "cul de Paris" COULD have been more decently modelled...

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Re: Grand Duchess Elizaveta - discussion and pictures PART IV
« Reply #29 on: January 13, 2011, 11:45:38 PM »
GDss by Nesterov, portrait of 1926 year



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