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| Keywords: Alexander I of Russia as child after Voille (priv.coll).jpg Russian School second half 18th Century A PORTRAIT OF EMPRESS CATHERINE THE GREAT 1729-1796 BUST LENGTH WEARING A BLUE DRESS WITH AN ERMINE-LINED CLOAK; A PORTRAIT OF HER GRANDCHILD GRAND DUKE ALEXANDER PAVLOVICH 1777-1825 FULL LENGTH SITTING ON A PILLOW HOLDING A RATTLE Estimate 3 000 ” 4 000 EUR LOT SOLD 66 250 EUR Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium CATALOGUE NOTE Catherine II the Great 1729 - 1796 born in Stettin as Sophie Auguste Friederike Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst crowned Empress in 1762 She is wearing the sash of the order of St Andrew The child is her grandchild Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich 1777 - 1825 son of Grand Duke Paul the later Emperor Paul I and his wife Princess Sophie-Dorothea of Württemberg The child also wears the sash of the order of St Andrew This portrait of Catherine the Great can be compared to a portrait after Vigilius Eriksen see Sotheby's London The Rostropovich-Vishnevskaya Collection London 18 19 September 2007 lot 34 These two portraits have been in the family since many generations and were the property of the late Countess Nina Stauffenberg now removed from her house in Bamberg It is possible that these paintings were originally the property of Otto Christian Freiherr von Stackelberg 1735 - 1792 born in Tallin Estland Russian Imperial Chamberlain and Major of the Imperial army He was married to Anna Gertruda von Dücker 1750 - 1820 a wealthy heiress and great art lover and collector Their great-great-granddaughter Anna Freiin von Stackelberg 1880 - 1945 married in Warsaw in 1907 Gustav Freiherr von Lerchenfeld 1871 - 1944 Their daughter Nina Freiin von Lerchenfeld 1913 - 2006 was married in Bamberg in 1933 to Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg 1907 - 1944 http //www sothebys com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2007/property-from-aristocratic-families-including-coaches-from-a-royal-stable-am1031/lot 329 html second half 18th Century 18 Alexander I of Russia as child Voille Files uploaded by Shakko from various sources Images from Sotheby's Private collections in Russia PD-old | ||||
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