The Grand Duchess MARIA PAVLOVNA (1854-1920) Photograph by K. A. Chapiro. 1894 Born Marie Alexandrine Elisabeth Eleonore von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, she married Alexander II's third son, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovitch (1847-1909), in 1874. After her husband's death, she succeeded him as president of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. She is the mother of the pretender to the throne, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovitch. Signed Marie, located Zarskoé-Sélo and dated top left. Cabinet size. 18.7 x 12.5 cm This photographic portrait was used, for example, in the 1898 Red Cross illustrated calendar. Konstantin Alexandrovitch Chapiro (1839-1900), Jewish poet, portrait photographer, photographer of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovitch and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, photographer for the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. [Russian art]