2619 - Romanov Dynasty—Grand Duke Vladimir Aleksandrovich, as a young man in a uniform coat (carte de visite, full-length portrait leaning against a pedestal). Saint Petersburg, Studio G. (Heinrich) Denière, (early 1860s). Vintage. Albumen print, mounted on cardboard. Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 cm. Cardboard dimensions: 10.5 x 6 cm.

Romanov Dynasty—Grand Duke Vladimir Aleksandrovich, as a young man in a uniform coat (carte de visite, full-length portrait leaning against a pedestal). Saint Petersburg, Studio G. (Heinrich) Denière, (early 1860s). Vintage. Albumen print, mounted on cardboard. Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 cm. Cardboard dimensions: 10.5 x 6 cm. The reverse of the cardboard features a gold-embossed, graphically designed mark of the court photographer’s studio, “Artist G. Denière” (Cyrillic). Vladimir Aleksandrovich, the “air strangler,” who had been accustomed to military discipline from a young age, saw himself conservatively as a “servant until the grave.” - The photograph has a small pressure mark in the upper center of the image. - Provenance: Formerly owned by Grand Duchess Maria Aleksandrovna (1853–1920), the younger daughter of Alexander II of Russia from his first marriage, Duchess of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; private collection in Switzerland, private collection in southern Germany.