A portrait miniature of Grand Prince Paul I of Russia - image-1
A portrait miniature of Grand Prince Paul I of Russia - image-2
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Lot 277 Dα

A portrait miniature of Grand Prince Paul I of Russia

Auction 1086 - overview Cologne
18.05.2017, 17:00 - Jewellery
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 3.720 € (incl. premium)

A portrait miniature of Grand Prince Paul I of Russia

Gouache on ivory in a wood-backed silver frame. The frame with St. Petersburg hallmarks, fineness 88 zolotnik, unidentified maker's mark. 6.7 x 6.2 cm. Frame: 7.5 x 7 cm.
Russian master, 19th C.; the frame St. Petersburg, ca. 1900.

Paul I (St. Petersburg 1754 - ibid. 1801) was the only son of Grand Prince Peter Feodorovitch Romanov III and his wife Catherine. He was Duke of Holstein-Gottorf from 1762 - 1773 and became Tsar in 1796 following the death of his mother, the unpopular Catherine the Great.