Photograph of the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia the Younger
Photography
Inventory number
2025.5.5.9.PH.OT.1931.USDescription
Portrait of the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia the Younger seated. She wears a silk dress with a white collar and trim at the sleeves. She adorns herself with jewellery, incuding a watch, two amber rings, a chain bracelet, and a large beaded necklace.Maria Pavlovna the Younger (1890-1958) was a Russian grand duchess, the daughter of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, youngest son of Tsar Alexander II, and Princess Alexandra of Greece. A prominent figure in the Romanov exile community after the Russian Revolution, she lived in Europe and the U.S., where she worked as a fashion designer and wrote a memoir, Education of a Princess (1930).