Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolayevna

[Eric_Lowe]

Lovely portraits. Was the monument to Alexandra still there ?

[Dru]

Hau's version of the Robertson portrait.

Yes, Eric, the monument shown above is still there.  The bust is based on a statue done by sculptor I.P. Vitali; it was destroyed during World War II.

[Clelia]

Alexandra's bust from the memorial, nowadays

[gem_10]

Poor girl. She shouldn't have died so young. She was very promising. 

[gem_10]

A self-portrait of Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaievna. On the right side it says: "Adina. December 6, 1836




Drawings of Alexandra Nikolaievna. I didn't know she was also a very talented artist!

Alexander I's room in Tsarskoe Selo. 1830


Another room in the palace. 1837

[Carolath Habsburg]

I like this one. It seems that all the Romanovs had some kind iof Artistic training

[Dru]

Gem, wherever did you find the self-portrait?  Thank you so much for sharing it!  

[Dru]

Religious image of Alexandra.

[Clelia]

I've seen those drawings in a russian livejournal.

[GDNastya]

Alexandra Nikolaevna

[Dru]

I love that picture of her.  It was originally done by Hau, but I've only seen a very small image of the colored version--her dress is white, and the flowers in her hair are blue.

[GDNastya]

The memorial bench of Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna in Peterhof

[Dru]

Posthumous depiction of Alexandra as the Virgin Mary, by an unknown artist.

[gem_10]

It's lovely, Dru! And the child she's holding is her son William, right?

[Dru]

It's lovely, Dru! And the child she's holding is her son William, right?

Yes, I would assume the child is her son, as an allegorical representation of Baby Jesus. 

What I like most about this painting is that she is looking straight at the viewer; it's the only one I've ever seen where her head isn't slightly turned.