The collection of the Chelyabinsk Museum of Fine Arts contains the ‘Portrait of Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna’. Mosnier was the court painter of Louis XVI. A number of portraits of Queen Marie Antoinette were also created by him.
The German princess Louise Maria Augusta of Baden was married to the young Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich, the future Emperor Alexander I of Russia. ‘Cupid and Psyche’ — as the Russian poet Derzhavin called the couple — found understanding and warmth in their relationshhip only towards the end of Alexander’s life. Elizabeth did not live long after the death of her husband and, according to the legend, she spent the rest of her days in a convent. The mind, beauty, kindness of the Empress and the patronage of the artists were the reason for admiration for her. Pushkin enthusiastically spoke of her,
The German princess Louise Maria Augusta of Baden was married to the young Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich, the future Emperor Alexander I of Russia. ‘Cupid and Psyche’ — as the Russian poet Derzhavin called the couple — found understanding and warmth in their relationshhip only towards the end of Alexander’s life. Elizabeth did not live long after the death of her husband and, according to the legend, she spent the rest of her days in a convent. The mind, beauty, kindness of the Empress and the patronage of the artists were the reason for admiration for her. Pushkin enthusiastically spoke of her,