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Couple being married in front of a crowd of dignitaries
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HEINRICH VON ANGELI (1840-1925)

Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarina of Russia (1872-1918)

Signed and dated 1897

RCIN 404572

This elegant, refined portrait of Queen Victoria’s beloved granddaughter was painted when the sitter and her husband, Nicholas II, stayed at Balmoral during the autumn of 1896. In a letter to her daughter, Empress Frederick, the queen noted that there had not been time to paint the Emperor.

Commissioned by Queen Victoria.

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