RUSSIA, 18TH/ 19TH CENTURY

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A GROUP OF EIGHT PORTRAIT MINIATURES
RUSSIA, 18TH/ 19TH CENTURY
Comprising framed oval portraits of Emperor Nicholas I by Ivan Winberg, signed on the right, and three portraits of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, one signed by Ivan Winberg on the right, two attributed to Winberg, all circa 1853; an oval portrait of Emperor Alexander I by D. Bossi, signed on the left and dated 1805; an oval portrait of a noble Polish man, circa 1770; an oval portrait of Emperor Alexander I, attributed to Wilhelm Reichenbecker, circa 1808; an oval portrait of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, probably by Ivan Winberg, circa 1830
2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high and smaller

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Please note that this lot is withdrawn from sale.

Please note this lot contains a portrait of a Polish nobleman rather than of Emperor Paul I.

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