Currently not on view
Portrait of Grand Duchess Sophia, second wife of Tsarevich Paul,
ca. 1777
Alexander Roslin, Swedish, 1718–1793
2003-15
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Title
Portrait of Grand Duchess Sophia, second wife of Tsarevich Paul
Dates
ca. 1777
Maker
Medium
Oil
Dimensions
82 × 68 cm (32 5/16 × 26 3/4 in.)
frame: 120.6 × 92.1 × 14.6 cm (47 1/2 × 36 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Augustus Dixon Adair, Jr., Class of 1936, and Virginia McConnell Adair
Object Number
2003-15
Place Made
Europe, Sweden
Culture
Type
Materials
Said to have been presented to the first Earl of Malmesbury while he was ambassador in St. Petersburg (1777-1783); sold by Earl of Malmesbury at Christie's, London, July 8, 1977. lot 69; purchased by Richard Green, London; sold to Mr. Adair, 10 October 1978; given to Princeton University Art Museum, 2003.
- Highly important old master pictures: the properties of Her late Royal Highness the Princess Royal, the late Countess Anton Apponyi of Lausanne, the late John N. Bryson, Esq., the Lady Mairi Bury, Lord Kinnaird..., (London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1977). , lot 69
- "Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2003," Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 63 (2004): p. 101-141., p. 105
