Caption
Maria Feodorovna Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg, 1759–1828, wife of Tsar Paul I. Engraving after a portrait painted by Jean Henri Benner in 1821 depicting Maria Feodorovna wearing a famous diamond tiara and a pearl necklace. The tiara, made around 1800, contains 1,386 Brazilian diamonds and ancient Indian briolettes and is centered by a historic 13-carat pink diamond purchased by the Tsar. Friedrich John Friedrich Theodor Michael John, 1769–1843 — who studied in Vienna, painted portraits including Józef Poniatowski after Benner and later turned to illustrations from 1822 — is associated with the engraving; the print bears a dedication to Helena Radziwill née Przezdziecka, 1753–1821. Graphic print, Vienna, 1821. Height 29.9 cm, width 22.4 cm., A monochrome engraved portrait of a woman set within an ornate rectangular frame and an inner oval vignette, showing a bust-length view of a woman with curled hair and a decorative headpiece, wearing a dark off-the-shoulder dress with layered ruffles and multiple strands of beads or pearls draped across her chest and around her neck; the image is centered on a large off-white sheet with visible age spots and a rough right edge, and the visible colors are shades of black, gray, and off-white.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A06_317
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Available size
75.6Mb (5.3Mb) / 14.7in x 20.0in / 4405 x 6000 (300dpi)