TRADITIONS OF CREATION AND USE OF “AGE” PORTRAITS OF THE XVII-XIX CENTURIES: THE CASE OF SOPHIA DARAGAN-HOVANSKA

The article is devoted to the portraits of the heiress of the famous Cossack family of officers Sofia Darahan-Khovanska. The text describes the traditional types of images of women in the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, reveals the meaning of the concept of “age portrait” and gives examples of its existence on the Right-Bank Ukrainian territories, which at that time were part of the Commonwealth, presents the history of the study of Sophia's portraits, shows that her portraits in adolescence and old age are still the only example of an “age portrait” originating from the Left Bank of Ukraine, and identifies possible prospects for further research.