Empress Alexandra - paintings and portraits

[Yelena Aleksandrovna]

From a hungarian forum (index.hu), illustration from a print of young Empress Alexandra Feodorovna with Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria during the visit of the Russian Imperial Couple to Austria (1896), image enlarged and edited by me.



Even bigger... here!!!

[blessOTMA]

Wow, thank you !

[Yelena Aleksandrovna]

You're very welcome!!!   Empress Alexandra in coronation robes


Source: teh Russian site  g-to-g.com

[gem_10]

A bigger and clearer version of Alix's famous portrait by F.A. von Kaulbach.
It's the best version I was able to find.

[Yelena Aleksandrovna]

From vitassim's liverjournal, painting of Empress Alexandra based in the 1899 photo session. I love the soft colors and touch used for it.

[Jen_94]

That is a beautiful painting of the Empress. The artist managed to capture her expression perfectly, and the detail is great!

[blessOTMA]

Very nice! Thanks for posting !

[Yelena Aleksandrovna]

Young Empress Alexandra during her visit to Vienna (1896) walking with Emperor Franz Joseph <Click on the image for bigger!>



****Copyright of the image: Peter Crawford****

[rosieposie]

These are all wonderful.   So many details that capture Alexandra.

[Captain Koala]

I would be really grateful if someone could answer this for me.

In Massie's book. "Nicholas and Alexandra" there is a portrait of Alexandra (a photo) ... she is in court dress with a tiara but she only has on one glove.

Does anyone know the reason why she is only wearing one glove?

I'm sure it's not earth-shatteringly important but it did strike me as a little odd.

thank you.

[CountessKate]

The photo if I recall was one of a series taken when Alexandra was dressed for the ceremony of the opening of the Duma in 1906.  Therefore your question was answered in this post:
http://forum.alexanderpalace.org/index.php?topic=715.msg86590#msg86590.  Essentially, wearing one glove is to enable the wearer to cross themselves with their ungloved hand.  The state opening of the Duma had religious components; you can see Alexandra and Maria Feodorovna standing behind a priest in one photograph of this ceremony and presumably they would have crossed themselves at a point, or points, of the process.

[Ally Kumari]

I´ve never seen this one



Found it on this blog: http://theprincesshelena.tumblr.com/

[Ally Kumari]

[KarinK]

^ Those are lovely!

One of my favourites, Kaulbach 1903.

[Ally Kumari]