1840s,A.Demidova with son Paul by L.H.de Liomenil (priv.coll.).The sitter, whose maiden name is Stjernvall,was born in Finland in 1808.She became lady-in-waiting of Empress Alexandra Fedorovna the Elder and married Prince Paul Demidoff (1798-1840).6 years after the death of her first husband,she married a Russian officer,Colonel Andrey Karamzin,who died in the Crimean War in 1854.She returned to Finland,where she became a well-known philanthropist until her death in 1902.