2629 - Romanov Dynasty - Empress Mariya Aleksandrovna of Russia, Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt (cabinet card, seated knee-length portrait). St. Petersburg, Levickij Studio, (late 1860s). Vintage. Albumen print, mounted on cardboard. Dimensions: 14 x 9.5 cm. Cardboard dimensions: 16 x 10.5 cm.

Romanov Dynasty - Empress Mariya Aleksandrovna of Russia, Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt (cabinet card, seated knee-length portrait). St. Petersburg, Levickij Studio, (late 1860s). Vintage. Albumen print, mounted on cardboard. Dimensions: 14 x 9.5 cm. Cardboard dimensions: 16 x 10.5 cm. The beige-painted cardboard is edged in red and bears the embossed mark of the “Levickij” studio (Cyrillic). While Sergei Levitsky rose to become the personal photographer of Alexander II and his wife, his son Lev later received the same honor from the young Tsar Nicholas II and his wife. Clearly visible traces of mounting and retouching from the reproduction process (by no means uncommon practices in the photography business of the time). - Slightly stained; handwritten numbering in ink on the reverse (No. 3). - Provenance: Formerly in the collection of 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, Switzerland; private collection, southern Germany.