Demidov Collection

The Demidov collection was a collection of artworks gathered by the Russian industrialist Nikolay Demidov and considerably expanded by his second son Anatole. It was mainly on show at their Villa San Donato near Florence, in which a private museum of 14 rooms was devoted to them. It was dispersed at sales in Paris in 1863 and 21 February and 3 March 1870 and at the Villa in March 1880.

Paintings

Sculptures

• Lorenzo Bartolini, La Table aux Amours, also known as the Demidov Table, marble, 137,2 cm x 162,6 cm, commissioned by Anatole Demidov in 1845. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• Antonio Canova, Madame Mère, marble.

Decorative arts

• Pierre-Philippe Thomire : The Demidov Vase (1819), in the Empire style, malachite in a gold mount, 171.5m high, commissioned by Nicolay Demidov. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• Clodion, Monumental urn, marble, 131,5 x 97,1 cm, 1782, acquired by Anatole Demidov. Washington DC, National Gallery of Art.
• Clodion, Monumental urn, marble, 132 x 97 cm, 1782, acquired by Anatole Demidov. Washington DC, National Gallery of Art.
• Arms and armour, now in the Wallace Collection