Helena Pavlovna (1784-1803), 4th child of Tsar Paul I and his wife Maria Feodorovna, was married to the Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick-Lewis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (see lot 128) in 1799. Another nearly identical version, also posthumous but misidentified as the sitter's sister Catherina Pavlovna, was sold in these rooms, 16 November 1993, lot 101.