Maria Feodorovna after Lampi (c.1797, priv.coll.), circa 1797

Russian school, circa 1797 tsarina maria feodorovna of russia, née princess sophie marie dorothea of württemberg (1759-1828), in white dress, tiered white lace collar, diamond stomacher at corsage, jewelled coronet in her upswept curling fair hair, wearing the sash and breast-star of the imperial russian order of st andrew and the red sash of the order of st catherine (unfinished) on ivory oval, 3¼ in. (82 mm. ) high, gilt-metal mount provenance drouot rive gauche, paris, 18 march 1976, lot 143 (in a different frame). Date: circa 1797.