CHARMING MARIA, HER HUSBANDS AND CHILDREN:TOWARDS THE PERSONAL BIOGRAPHIES OF SEVERAL PORTRAITS OF KARL BRYULLOV
The article is devoted to clarifying the origin and circumstances of the life of Maria Arkadyevna Stolypin (1819-1889), in the first marriage - Beck, in the second - Vyazemskaya, whose famous portrait was painted by Karl Bryullov in 1840. Family ties were revealed between her and the governor M. M. Veselkin, vice-governor S. D. Gorchakov, as well as her husband Ivan Aleksandrovich Bek and the governor T. E. Fan der Flit, who at different times held high posts in the Olonets province. The author convincingly denies the relationship of I. A. Bek with his surnames living in Karelia. The article is based on archival documents, studies of historians and local lore amateurs, on the memoirs of contemporaries, literature on the genealogy of noble families.