| Empress Maria Fyodorovna's Oil Painted Fan with Bust Portraits of Alexander III and his Children
St. Petersburg
Painted by Ivan Kramskoy
1880s
Wood, silk, gold, mother-of-pearl
The gold monogram M and the portraits of Alexander III and his children, Nicholas, Georgy, Ksenia, Mikhail and Olga, suggest that this fan belonged to Alexander's wife, the Empress Maria Fyodorovna. The fan appears to be have been made to order and presented to Maria Fyodorovna on her 12th wedding anniversary in 1886.
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