Lot 126: Grand Duchess Olga (1882-1960)

Grand Duchess Olga (1882-1960)
Still life with daisies, delphiniums and penstemons
signed 'Olga' (lower right)
watercolour and gouache on paper
19¾ x 19¾ in. (50 x 50 cm.)

Alexander III's youngest child and Tsar Nicholas II's little sister, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna was born in 1882 when her father was already Tsar. She expressed a talent for drawing and painting at a young age and in later life often sold her works to raise money in aid of the charities she supported. A finely executed and characteristic watercolour, the present lot is a particularly large example of the artist's work.