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Vasiliev Mikhail. 1784 - after 1839 Portrait painter. Worked in Irkutsk, gave drawing classes at Irkutsk Gymnasium. In 1800 - 1820-iеs painted the portraits of Basnins family members: V.N.Basnin (1803; 1821), his wife Е.О. Basnina (1821), their son Innokenty (1827). Portrait of Е.О. Basnina. 1821 Oil on canvas. 76 х 60,5 Signed and dated, bottom left: Иркутскъ.- 1821 Г.- Писалъ Михаiла Васильевъ- SHM Inv. 85531/ИI-5592 Purchased in 1953 from S.N.Basnina, Moscow; earlier - in the private collection of Basnins family in Irkutsk. Basnina Elizaveta Osipovna (1804-1881), born Portnova, the wife of V.N.Basnin.