The artist is Makarov
Maria Aleksandrovna (Maximilian Wilhelmin Augustus Sofia Maria; July 27 / August 8, Darmstadt − May 22 / June 8, 1889, St. Petersburg) − The recognized daughter of the Grand Duke of Hessian Louis II. Wife of Emperor Alexander II (since 1841). He headed the department of Mariinsky gymnasiums and educational institutions, devoting his life to charity and concern for female education. On her initiative in Russia, the All -Union female gymnasiums were opened and the Red Cross was established, military hospitals, countless shelters, and boarding houses were founded.
The 400th anniversary of the Romanov house. SPb, 2013. With. 111.
Empress Maria Aleksandrovna (Maximilian Wilhelmin Augustus Sofia Maria; July 27/August 8, 1824, Darmstadt-May 22/June 2, 1880, St. Petersburg)-daughter of the Grand Duke of Hesse Louis II, wife of Emperor Alexander II (since 1841), mother of Emperor Alexander) III. He headed the department of Mariinsky gymnasiums and educational institutions, devoted her life to charity and care for female education. On her initiative in Russia, the All -Union female gymnasiums were opened and the Red Cross was established, military hospitals, countless shelters, and boarding houses were founded. In honor of the wife, Emperor Alexander II, cities were named: Mariinsky Posad (previously the village of Sundir, Chuvashia), Mariinsk (previously Kiyskoye, Kemerovo region), Marihemn (Finland). In recent years, the Empress’s patient with tuberculosis has been overshadowed by the fact that the spouse created a second family with Princess Catherine Dolgoruka, who lived with children from Alexander II in the Winter Palace. A month after the death of Maria Alexandrovna, the emperor married Dolgorukova.
At the end of the academic course and. To. Makarov elects the specialty of portrait painting, which quickly caused him fame among the St. Petersburg public. He writes many portraits, among which children’s and female. Large female portraits, custom -made, mainly depicting high -society ladies. The artist tried to convey not only external similarities, but also the nature of his model. Most of them have self -esteem, know how to fulfill the duty of a wife, mothers, protest against evil and injustice. Sad elegies, pure, delicate lyrics sound in their hearts. This is the presented portrait of the empress.