The Literary Room

The Literary Room is located in a wooden extension of the house.
Its interior is mainly made up by the Russian Empire style furniture. It was brought to Muranovo from E.F. Tyutcheva's estate Varvarino in the Vladimir province.
In a room, which was far from the main ceremonial sitting-rooms and which had an exit into the winter garden, the guests of N.V. Putyata arranged their meetings. Portraits of some of them are in the room: Princess E.F. Rostopchina, Prince V.F. Odoevsky, M. Loginova, D.S. Poltoratsky, I.S. Aksakov.
On August 20, 1849 N.V. Gogol stayed in Muranovo on his way from Abramtsevo to Moscow.
In this room there also are some portraits of Boratynsky's and Putyata's literary contemporaries - A.S. Pushkin, D.Davydov, A.S. Griboedov, V.A. Zhukovsky, I.A. Krylov etc.
Among the Moscow acquaintances of Boratynsky, Tyutchev and Putyata was the slavophil poet A.S. Homyakov. His self-portrait in oils and the portrait of hid wife E.M. Homyakova, both painted in the early 1830s are interesting as examples of amateur art.
The two gems of the Literary Room are the portraits of A.D. Boratynskaya and C.F. Tyutcheva.
The portrait of A.D. Boratynskaya, the wife of one of the poet's brothers, was painted in the 1830s by an unknown artist who probably was close to C.Bryullov. Nee Princess Abamelek, a famous beauty, Anne was highly praised by A.S. Pushkin. She was the translator of Pushkin, Lermontov, Tyutchev from Russian into English.
The portrait of C.F. Tyutcheva is striking. It was painted by I.K. Makarov in the late 1840s and it is one of his best works. The painter managed to put into canvas all the natural grace and beauty of youth. For a period of time L.N. Tolstoy was in love with Catherine and was going to marry her. However later he changed his mind. His motivation was that Catherine was "a greenhouse plant".
Like all Boratynsky's daughters Catherine was a remarkable woman. She inherited her father's literary talent. She published several books, which retold the Bible for children and translated the sermons of the metropolitan of Moscow Philaret (published in London in 1873).
In the Literary Room there is an engraving portraying "the young fairy" Amalia Grudener. The famous Tyutchev's poems "I Remember The Golden Time…" and "I Met You - and Everything That Passed.." were dedicated to her.
Also interesting is the landscape "The Sunset" by Aivazovsky (1871) and "A sea landscape" by A. Savrasov (1859). The subjects of the paintings are unusual for both artists, and it makes their works look extravagant.