Prince Felix Yusupov
The State Russian Museum, located in the
Mikhailovsky Palace, contains a large collection of
Russian art. I found some of the modern art very
interesting and was surprised at how little I knew
about Russian artists.
Among the paintings was this "Portrait of Prince
Felix Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elstone. (On
Horseback)" done in 1903 by Valentin Serov. The
Prince was one of the people responsible for
Rasputin's murder. Born in 1887, I learned
that he died in 1967 in Paris. What a change to
experience, between St. Petersburg in 1887 and Paris
in 1967!
