Thursday, July 6, 2017

Colorized Romanoff Sisters, circa 1913-14 OTMA

Here is my colorized version of the Romanoff sisters from a group portrait taken right about the same time, later, or earlier than the complete family portrait here and here. They are, standing left to right, Grand Duchess Maria, Grand Duchess Anastasia,  & Grand Duchess Olga, and seated is the Grand Duchess Tatiana Nicholaevna. Some liberties are again at work here.  The photo hardly hints of the painting on the left background.  While I could have just cropped it out,  I didn't want to crop any part of their bodies and the balance would be off.  So I just composited and darkened the 1882 painting of a Russian artist Nicholai Bogdanov-Belsky (1868 - 1945) titled "Reading a Letter".  He was at the height of his creative career during the first 20 years of the 19th century.  No specific reason for choosing his work, other than the colors. 


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