The Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna is the daughter of Emperor Nikolai Pavlovich and Alexandra Feodorovna, Princess of Prussia. In 1839, Mr.. entered into a marriage with Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg; died on February 9, 1876.
In the last years of the reign of Emperor Nicholas I, she began to take personal part in the supreme administration of women’s educational institutions, having in her immediate administration, among other things, the Patriotic Institute. On the death of her husband took the place of president of the Academy of Fine Arts; subsequently took the title of chairperson of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts.
Related Paintings 
Portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna by Konstantin Makovsky 
Retrato de la gran duquesa Maria Nikolaevna – Karl Bryullov 
Portrait of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna by Karl Bryullov 
Portrait de la grande-duchesse Maria Nikolaevna – Karl Bryullov 
Portrait of Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna as a Child by Johann Baptist Lampi 
Monument to Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna by Ivan Martos 
Portrait of Vel. Book. Yelena Pavlovna by Karl Bryullov 
Portrait of Vel. Book. Elena Pavlovna with her daughter by Karl Bryullov
Portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna by Konstantin Makovsky Retrato de la gran duquesa Maria Nikolaevna – Karl Bryullov Portrait of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna by Karl Bryullov Portrait de la grande-duchesse Maria Nikolaevna – Karl Bryullov Portrait of Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna as a Child by Johann Baptist Lampi Monument to Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna by Ivan Martos Portrait of Vel. Book. Yelena Pavlovna by Karl Bryullov Portrait of Vel. Book. Elena Pavlovna with her daughter by Karl Bryullov