Portrait of Empress Maria Fedorovna in a mourning dress

The artist is Kugelgen

Maria Fedorovna (Sofia Maria Dorothea Augustus Louise von Württemberg; October 14, 1759, Stettin − October 24, 1828, Pavlovsk) − The second wife of the Grand Duke and Emperor Paul I, Empress (1796−1801), from 1801 − Dowager Empress. Mother of Emperors Alexander I and Nicholas I.

The 400th anniversary of the Romanov house. SPb, 2013. With. 111.

Maria Fedorovna (nearer. Sofia Dorothea Augusta Louise, Princess Württemberg-Shtutgart; 1759-1828) – from September 26, 1776 The second wife of Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich, later Emperor Paul I. Until 1796 – Grand Duchess. Koronovan is on April 16, 1797, together with the spouse in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. Mother of Emperors Alexander I and Nicholas I.

Depicted in mourning by her husband Emperor Paul I, killed on March 11, 1801. The cross of the Order of St. John Jerusalem. In the cut of the dress on the gold chain, a medallion with a profile portrait of Paul I, perhaps, the work of Maria Fedorovna is attached.

The portrait was repeated by the author and copied. Engraved and. With. Clauber in 1805 (engraving by cutter). According to the d. AND. Rovinsky, „The original is written on the bones, after the death of Paul I, when the empress wore mourning; belongs to the led. Prince Konstantin Nikolaevich" (Rovinschia d. AND. Detailed dictionary of Russian engraved portraits. SPb, 1887. T. 2. STB. 1240).