PORTRAIT OF THE 6th EMPRESS OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE ELIZABETH ALEXEIEVNA

Baron Theophil Theophilovich Meyendorff

Theophil Theophilovich Meyendorff was a miniaturist of the court of His Imperial Majesty, an artist in the firm of Carl Faberge, a miniaturist of the Belgian royal family and aristocracy.

PORTRAIT OF THE 6^th EMPRESS OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE ELIZABETH ALEXEIEVNA (1779-1826),

Born as Louise Marie Auguste, princess of Baden, a daughter of Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden and Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt. Empress of the Russian Empire from 1801 to 1825, wife of Emperor Alexander I

Signed lower right: Th. de Meyendorff

First quarter of the 20^th century

Watercolor, gouache, whitening on paper

295 х 242 mm

EXPERTISE:

Nina Ivanovna Lapidus art historian, senior scientist and curator of the Russian classical paintings in the Latvian National Museum of Art (Riga), from 1969 to 1995, member of the Artists’ Union of Latvia.

CONDITION REPORT:

The painting is in excellent condition.