Dmitri Grigorievich Levitsky, circle of, c. 1800
Portrait of Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (1783–1801), daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia, with loose hanging curly hair and a red-green silk bow, dressed in a green dress with laces and a red-green silk sash, bearing the star of the Imperial Russian Order of Saint Anna. Unsigned. Oil on canvas laid on canvas. 62×49 cm. Rococo revival frame, 19th century.
Dmitri Grigorievich Levitsky's original portrait from the 1790s measures 62×51 cm and is located at the Palace Museum, Pavlovsk.
Provenance: Acquired by Richard and Erica Zeiner-Henriksen 1922–1927 in St. Petersburg. When they moved into the Saltykov Palace in St. Petersburg 1922, the portrait was situated in their residence as left inventory from the Saltykov family. The palace was originally a present from Tsaritsa Catherine the Great to Prince Nikolai Ivanovich Saltykov. It was a reward being the tutor of her grandsons, Tsarevich Alexander Pavlovich (I) and Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovch, brothers of Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna. Therefore, it is possible that this portrait at first also was a present from the Imperial family to the Saltykov family.
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Russian art & icons, 9 June 2017