PORTRAIT OF EMPRESS ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA
Creator(s): Unknown (Painter)
About this object
Bust sized portrait of the Empress, she faces three quarters to the left. She is wearing in her brown hair a diadem of diamonds and pearls from the crown jewels. From the back of the diadem hangs a lace veil. The earrings, collar and necklace are of pearls. She is wearing the chain and insignia of the Imperial Order of St. Catherine. Her dress is white satin with passementerie and adorned with a bowknot brooch of diamonds and three large pearl drops. The painting was made after a photography of the Empress.
- Object name:
- PORTRAIT OF EMPRESS ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA
- Made from:
- Oil on canvas
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 1906-1907
- Size:
- 74 × 55.2 cm (29 1/8 × 21 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 51.81
- Class:
- PAINTING
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973