Lot 324
  • 324

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

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.