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Countess Varvara Nikolayevna Golovina ''née'' Princess Golitsyna ((ロシア語:Варвара Николаевна Головина, урожденная княжна Голицына), 1766–1819) was an artist and memoirist from Russian nobility and a close confidant of Empress Elizabeth. == Biography == She was the youngest child of Lieutenant-General Nikolai Fyodorovich Golitsyn (1728-1780) and Princess Praskovia Ivanovna Shuvalova (1734-1802). She had two brothers: Fyodor (1751-1827) and Ivan (1759-1777). Varvara's father was from the House of Golitsyn. Her mother, Praskovia Ivanovna, was a sister of Ivan Shuvalov (1727-1798). Varvara grew up on the Petrovsky estate in the Moscow province. Her mother was mild, kind, although indecisive character, who loved art and valued education. In 1777, Varvara moved with her parents to Saint Petersburg. After the death of her father, she moved with her mother to the house of her uncle, Ivan Shuvalov, on the corner of Nevsky Prospekt and Malaya Sadovaya. Varvara was fond of painting and music. She participated in concerts of Tsarskoe Selo and the Winter Palace, where she sang songs of his own composition. In 1783, she was appointed a maid of honor at the court of Catherine the Great. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Varvara Golovina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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