Lot Essay
Another miniature of Tsar Alexander I by this artist was sold Christie's, Geneva, 15 November 1988, lot 314.
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Tsar Alexander I of Russia (1777-1825), facing left in black coat with gold-embroidered red collar and red-bordered gold epaulettes, wearing the blue moiré sash of the Russian Order of St. Andrew, the Swedish Order of the Sword, the Russian Order of St. George, the Russian 1812 Commemorative Medal, the Austrian Military Order of Maria Theresia and the Prussian 1813 Iron cross
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C. MOERDER, CIRCA 1815/1820
Tsar Alexander I of Russia (1777-1825), facing left in black coat with gold-embroidered red collar and red-bordered gold epaulettes, wearing the blue moiré sash of the Russian Order of St. Andrew, the Swedish Order of the Sword, the Russian Order of St. George, the Russian 1812 Commemorative Medal, the Austrian Military Order of Maria Theresia and the Prussian 1813 Iron cross
signed in red 'C. Moerder' (mid-right)
oval, 1 13/16 in. (45 mm.) high, rectangular black wooden frame with gilded inner rim
Tsar Alexander I of Russia (1777-1825), facing left in black coat with gold-embroidered red collar and red-bordered gold epaulettes, wearing the blue moiré sash of the Russian Order of St. Andrew, the Swedish Order of the Sword, the Russian Order of St. George, the Russian 1812 Commemorative Medal, the Austrian Military Order of Maria Theresia and the Prussian 1813 Iron cross
signed in red 'C. Moerder' (mid-right)
oval, 1 13/16 in. (45 mm.) high, rectangular black wooden frame with gilded inner rim
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