Keywords: Anna Fedorovna of Russia by Winterhalter (1848, Royal coll.).jpg Grand Duchess Anna Fyodorovna of Russia 1781 “1860 née Princess Julianne of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Winterhalter was born in the Black Forest where he was encouraged to draw at school In 1818 he went to Freiburg to study under Karl Ludwig Schüler and then moved to Munich in 1823 where he attended the Academy and studied under Josef Stieler a fashionable portrait painter Winterhalter was first brought to the attention of Queen Victoria by the Queen of the Belgians and subsequently painted numerous portraits at the English court from 1842 till his death Princess Juliane was the third daughter of Francis Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and the aunt of both Queen Victoria and Prince Albert In 1796 she married the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia second son of Tsar Paul I but it was not a success and they were divorced in 1820 She had already settled in Switzerland in 1813 Her niece Feodora wrote of her ˜life full of trials of all kind her youth thrown away at that court and now alone amongst strangers here is indeed a bitter cup to the last ¦poor aunt life must be a burthen to her; and her feelings are so young still ™ Princess Juliane wears a bracelet on her left arm which contains a miniature of Queen Victoria based on the Queen ™s head in the painting by Sir George Hayter of her marriage RCIN 407165 In the background is a view of Boissière near Geneva where the Princess was living In her Journal for 17 August 1848 the Queen described the portrait as ˜an indescribably like beautiful picture of Aunt Julia ™ Signed and dated F Winterhalter / Boissière 1848 Anna Fjodorovna orosz nagyhercegné 1781 “1860 született Julianna szász “coburg “saalfeldi hercegnÅ‘ 1848 oil on canvas Size cm 97 8 114 3 The Royal Collection of the United Kingdom http //www royalcollection org uk/collection/404524/juliane-princess-of-saxe-coburg-saalfield-grand-duchess-anna-feodorovna-of-russia The Royal Collection object history credit line accession number RCIN 404524 http //img1 liveinternet ru/images/attach/c/1//60/103/60103232_1848_gdss_anna_feodorovna2 jpg PD-old-100 <gallery> File Anna Fedorovna of Russia by J Lee after Winterhalter 1849 Royal Coll jpg File Anna Fedorovna of Russia by W Essex after Winterhalter 1850 Royal Coll jpg </gallery> Anna Fedorovna of Russia 1848 Painted portraits of Grand Duchesses of Russia Russian royalty by Winterhalter Female portraits by Winterhalter 19th-century promenade portraits Fashion in 1848 19th-century paintings in the Royal Collection of the United Kingdom 1840s portrait paintings German promenade portraits |