WINTERHALTER, Franz Xaver
(b. 1805, Menzenschwand, d. 1873, Frankfurt)

Portrait of Empress Maria Alexandrovna

1857
Oil on canvas, 120 x 95 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Marie of Hesse (1824-1880) was a princess of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and, as Maria Alexandrovna, Empress consort of Alexander II of Russia. He was the mother of Alexander III.




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