JEAN-BAPTISTE SINGRY, signed, circa 1820

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JEAN-BAPTISTE SINGRY, signed, circa 1820

Anna Paulovna, Queen of the Netherlands, her centre-parted dark hair tied to curls at either side of her head and dressed to a plait, wearing rich pearl jewellery and a low-cut lavender-coloured velvet dress; cloudy sky background; oval --2.8 cm high, silver mount on a rectangular velvet panel

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Anna Paulovna (1795 - 1865), Grand-Duchess of Russia, wife of King William II of the Netherlands. We are indebted to Dr Karen E. Schaffers-Bodenhausen Director of the Iconographisch Bureau in The Hague for the identification of the sitter.

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