The portrait depicts the members of the Russian princely family <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gagarin_family" class="extiw" title="w:Gagarin family">Gagarin</a>, the daughters of Actual Privy Councilor Gavriil Petrovich Gagarin: 
<ul><li>on the right, with a music paper — Anna Gavriilovna Gagarina (1782—1856), the married family name — Golovina, the monastic name — Ioanna;</li>
<li>on the left, with a guitar — Varvara Gavriilovna Gagarina (1784—1802), the married family name — Elgunova or Sigunova.</li></ul>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Vladimir_Borovikovsky" class="extiw" title="w:en:Vladimir Borovikovsky"><span title="Russian artist (1757-1825)">Vladimir Borovikovsky</span></a>
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1802<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1802-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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