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HENRI BENNER | Portrait of Grand Duchess Alexandra Feodorovna, later Empress of Russia, née Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1798-1860), circa 1821
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
- Portrait of Grand Duchess Alexandra Feodorovna, later Empress of Russia, née Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1798-1860), circa 1821
- Watercolour and bodycolour on paper, gilt-metal frame;inscribed in cyrillic verso: 24 Alexandra Feodorovna
- 13.9 by 10.2 cm.; 5 5/8 by 4 1/4 in.
Provenance
Sale, Geneva, Christie's, 19 November 1980, lot 144 (part of lot);
with Edwin Bucher, Trogen
with Edwin Bucher, Trogen
Catalogue Note
The sitter was born at the Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, the daughter of Frederick William III, King of Prussia and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. In 1817 she married Grand Duke Nicholas Pavlovich of Russia, the future Emperor Nicholas I. This was a happy union and the couple had seven children.