Thursday, January 15, 2015

Grand duke Paul Petrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Fedorovna in Vienna in January 1782

Grand Duke Paul Petrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Fedorovna in Vienna in January 1782, ink, brush, crayon, watercolour, guache, Pushkin museum, Moscow
This image depicts Maria and Paul at the court of Joseph II, Catherine the Great's major ally. This is the beginning of their Grand tour.
The image was taken from the following book:
Natalya Alexandrova, Russkiy risunok. XVIII-pervoi poloviny XIX veka, Moscow, Krasnaya ploshad, 2004, vol. 2, p.363

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