Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Duchess of Södermanland

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890-1958), daughter of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia and Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, but raised by her uncle Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, and his wife, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna. Was married, firstly, to Prince Wilhelm of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland, from 1908 to 1914, and secondly, to Prince Sergei Mikhailovich Putyatin, from 1917 to 1923. Settled in Paris, where she opened an embroidery workshop called Kitmir in the 1920s. Migrated to America in 1928, then moved to Argentina during World War II. Died in Konstanz, West Germany.

Figure 8.1. Bernhard Österman (Swedish), Storfurstinnan Maria Pavlovna, 1913, oil on canvas, 1000 x 1150 mm, Sörmlands museum, Nyköping, source: Sörmlands museum.

1900s

Evening-wear

Figure 8.2. Photographer unknown, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna poses for her portrait by artist Bernhard Österman, n.d., Sörmlands museum, Nyköping, source: Sörmlands museum. She wears the pink silk dress seen in Figures 8.4 and 8.5.

Figure 8.3. Bernhard Österman (Swedish), Portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, n.d., oil on canvas, 450 mm (diameter), Sörmlands museum, Nyköping, SLM 7052, source: Sörmlands museum. Maria Pavlovna is wearing the dress in Figure 8.4 and 8.5.

Figure 8.4. Maker unknown, Pink silk dress, 1908, Sörmlands museum, Nyköping, SLM 10832, source: Sörmlands museum.

Figure 8.5. Close-up images of dress in Figure 8.4. Maker unknown, Pink silk dress, 1908, Sörmlands museum, Nyköping, SLM 10832, source: Sörmlands museum.

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