The library of the Villa di San Donato was estimated by Cesare da Prato in his 1887 book, Firenze ai Demidoff, Pratolino e San Donato, to contain around 40,000 items. Unfortunately, no records have come to light that document how the contents of the library were assembled and subsequently disbursed. The largest disbursement took place in 1880

Anatole Nikolaievitch Demidoff was determined to establish himself at the highest level of Parisian high-society at the start of the 1830's.Like his elder brother, Paul Nikolaievitch Demidoff (1798 - 1840), he had

This latest NewsLetter, for the most part, presents a short essay presented to the author by the late Gino Chelazzi on 14 August 1999.  In his presentation, Chelazzi discusses the finding of a literary and artistic masterpiece that originally pertained to the library of Paul Pavlovitch Demidoff, 2nd Prince of San Donato (1839-1885).

It was wonderful to attend in person, and in the company of various friends and colleagues, the promotional book event that took place in Florence on Thursday evening, 25 October, of Alessandra Jatta's latest publication, 'L'apolide' (Voland, 2024).  This is Alessandra's second book that follows her earlier publication, 'Foglie sparse' (Voland, 2022). 

The third artist covered in this overview is Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863). Here again, one finds a connection with Napoleon, that Demidoff would find of interest, given that Delacroix's older brother, Charles Henri Delacroix

The European Demidoff Foundation is delighted to sponsor the publication of the forthcoming book by Professor Michail Talalay on Anatole Demidov's, 'Travels to southern Russia in 1837'.  This will be the first reprint of the original 1853 Russian version 

The second artist covered in this overview is Paul Delaroche (1797-1856). In the early 1820's, Delaroche, together with Eugene Lami and other students of Antoine-Jean Gros, lived together in shared accomodations

The Lopukhin-Demidov family is an ‘old’ Russian noble family whose ancestors include the first wife of Peter the Great, Tsarina Eudoxia Fyodorovna Lopukhina (1669-1731). The family’s fortunes importantly improved during the reign