Tag: Romanoff
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Olga Alexandrovna
Remembering Grandduchess Olga Alexandrovna, youngest daughter of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna. Here seen as a young girl, arriving in Copenhagen by steamship, sitting “in front” – with her back turned wearing a wonderful strawhat and polka dot dress – of the royal carriage with her mother, Empress Maria Feodorovna and her maternal […]
Imperial splendour
Upcoming danish auction at Bruun-Rasmussen – Part of the Bonham´s network – on sale 15th of June in Copenhagen are some really spectacular imperial easter-eggs. The 4 eggs are by renowned Petersburg workshops, notably Carl Fabergé, Alfred Thieleman and August Holmström; They each come with a royal provenance, since they were given as presents by […]
Lots of royal trinkets on upcoming auction
Lots of royal trinkets are up for auction this winter, as the Danish Bruun Rasmussen auctionhouse in Copenhagen goes “Russian Imperial Style”. On sale is a historically very interesting piece of gold jewelry, a medallion containing hair from the Romanov Grandduke Nikolai Aleksandrovich, who died in Nice in 1865. The Grandduke had recently been betrothed […]
Amazing portraits up for auction
Not one but two amazing portraits are up for auction in Copenhagen, June 2nd 2021, as part of the Bruun-Rasmussen´s Russian auctions. The infamous Gregorij Rasputin (1869–1916) by Danish artist Theodora Krarup (1862 – 1941) signed 1915, just months before Rasputin´s murder.