Keywords: Maria Alexandrovna of Edinburgh by Gustav Richter (1874, Royal coll.).jpg 404784 Correspondence between Richter and his painter colleague Paul Meyerheim indicates that the former probably worked on this portrait in the Autumn of 1873 whilst he was staying in Livadia A photogravure print was made after it 606066 and the Royal Collection also has a copy on porcelain 401436 and a bust-length miniature by David Mossman 420335 Gustav Karl Ludwig Richter 1823 “1884 was a pupil of Eduard Holbein at the Academy in Berlin He became a pupil of Leon Cogniet in Paris before moving to Rome where he lived from 1847 to 1849 After travelling to Egypt he painted the Construction of the Pyramids 1859 “72 Maximilianeum Munich commissioned by the King of Bavaria In 1860 he became a member of the Academy in Berlin and later began to devote himself to portraiture of which his Queen Louise of Prussia 1879 Cologne Museum is perhaps his best known 405024 Signed and dated 1874 Creator Gustav Carl Ludwig Richter <gallery>File Maria Alexandrovna of Edinburgh by David Mossman c 1874 Royal coll jpg </gallery> PD-old-100 Maria Alexandrovna Duchess of Edinburgh Files uploaded by Shakko from various sources 19th-century portrait paintings in the Royal Collection of the United Kingdom Gustav Carl Ludwig Richter |