Portraits of Russian rooms from back when having portraits done of each room in your villa was all the rage. Queen Victoria commissioned them, too. Count Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, painter (1783-1873).  A few people included.

Paintings of interiors 1 Minute
Family portrait (Tolstoy family). 1830. Russian. Oil on canvas. Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, painter (1783-1873). Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg. In the public domain due to age. via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tolstoyfamily.jpg
My darling admiring herself in the mirror. 1821. Russian. Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, painter (1783-1873). In the public domain due to age. via @scala.regia on Instagram. via Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/C_dbPoXItdI/
Interior. 1830s. Russian. Watercolor, white lead, and graphite on paper. Russian. Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, watercolorist (1783-1873). Collections of the The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://www.pubhist.com/w12267
Interior with Woman Sewing. 1820s. Russian. Oil on canvas. Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, painter (1783-1873). Collections of the The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://www.pubhist.com/w12453

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