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Couple being married in front of a crowd of dignitaries
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FRANZ XAVER WINTERHALTER (1805-73)

Juliane, Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield, Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna of Russia (1781-1860)

Signed and dated 1848

RCIN 404524

Described by Queen Victoria as ‘an indescribably like and beautiful picture of Aunt Julia’, the artist captures a wistfulness and sorrow in the sitter’s expression; this contrasts with the exuberance visible in the portrait of the sitter as a young girl, nearby. Her marriage to Grand Duke Constantine had failed and she later lived in Boissière, near Geneva, which appears in the background.

Commissioned by Queen Victoria, 1848

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