Bust of Marie Feodorowna Empress of Russia

French

V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum)

1800 - 1900

Portrait bust of the second wife of the Emperor Paul I, which is known in Biscuit de Sevres and which dates from the nineteenth century; also a smaller model of the same in terracotta. It is part of a collection of 7 works presented to the Victoria and Albert Museum, Birmingham and Wakefield Art Gallery. The Honorary CE Stuart Wortley was an art historian and granddaughter of Sir John Millais.

• Medium: terracotta
• Dimensions: 57 cm
• ArtFunded in: 1945
• Bequeathed by Hon Clare Stuart Wortley through The Art Fund

Provenance

Part of the bequested collection of the late Hon. Clare Stuart Wortley

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