Lot Essay
Maria Pavlovna, daughter of Tsar Paul (see lot 165) and his wife Maria Fyodorovna, married Grand-Duke Charles-Frederick of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach in 1804.
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Maria Pavlovna (1786-1859), Grand Duchess of Russia, Grand Duchess of Weimar, facing right in white silk dress with gauze sleeves, double lace ruff choker, her curly brown hair upswept, wearing the silver-bordered red sash and breast star of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Catherine
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BERNHARD EDLER VON GUÉRARD (d. 1836)
Maria Pavlovna (1786-1859), Grand Duchess of Russia, Grand Duchess of Weimar, facing right in white silk dress with gauze sleeves, double lace ruff choker, her curly brown hair upswept, wearing the silver-bordered red sash and breast star of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Catherine
oval, 2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with glazed reverse revealing old identifying inscription
Maria Pavlovna (1786-1859), Grand Duchess of Russia, Grand Duchess of Weimar, facing right in white silk dress with gauze sleeves, double lace ruff choker, her curly brown hair upswept, wearing the silver-bordered red sash and breast star of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Catherine
oval, 2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with glazed reverse revealing old identifying inscription
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