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The artist is unknown Alexey Nikiforovich Lenin (years of life are unknown). From 1693 – cooking. Published for the first time in the Almanac “Art Treasures of Russia” for 1903 "Portrait of two jesters" for many years did not have the names depicted. Only in 1965 he was correlated with a double portrait, which included…
The artist is unknown Matvey Filimonovich Naryshkin (16 (?) –1692) – relative of Queen Natalia Kirillovna. In 1674–1676 – governor in Veliky Ustyug. From 1678 – Moscow nobleman, from 1686 – a stolnik, from 1688 – the Okolnichy, from 1690 – boyar. He wore the San San “Patriarch” of the “all-otorous cathedral of the all-illegal…
The artist is unknown Andrey Matveevich Apraksin (1663-1732)-brother of Queen Martha Matveevna, Admiral General F. M. Apraxine and senator p. M. Apraksina. Tsar’s stolnik John Alekseevich. Chief Schell of Peter I, from 1724-Count. He wore the Shutovsky rank of a member of the collegium of the cardinals of the “all-navigable cathedral of the most all-odd…
The artist is unknown Menshikov Alexander Danilovich (November 6, 1673 – November 12, 1729). State and military leader, associate of Peter I. The son of the court groom. He began his career in the “Fierce Company”, the batman Peter I (1693). Took part in the Azov campaign. Together with Peter, “Incognito” traveled as part of…
The artist is a monogramist Peter I the Great (Petr Alekseevich; May 30 / June 9, 1672, Moscow − January 28 /8 February, 1725, St. Petersburg) − The last king of all Rus’ from the Romanov dynasty (from 1682) and the first Emperor All -Russian (since 1721). He was the fourteenth child of Tsar Alexei…
The artist is unknown Turgenev Yakov Fedorovich (16? – 1695). The tenant of the Ritarean system was in the service from 1671; Member of the “all-otorous crazy cathedral of the most all-food prince-papa”. Wore the title of “old warrior and Kyiv colonel”. Commanded a company in Kozhukhov’s campaign (1694). In January 1695, the Shutovskaya wedding…
The artist is anthropov Maria Andreevna Rumyantseva, nee Countess Matveeva (1698-1788), one of the most prominent women of Russia of the 18th century. Wife General-Anthef count a. AND. Rumyantseva. Occupied a prominent position at court: since 1744-the state-date of the Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, from 1775-the cavalier lady of the Order of St. Catherine of the…
The artist is anthropov Vorontsova Anna Karlovna (nearer. Skavronskaya; 1722-1775) – wife of Chancellor Count M. AND. Vorontsova, cousin of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna. The state-date of the Empress Elizabeth Petrovna (1742), Ober-Hofmeisterin (1760). Depicted in the order dress of the cavalier lady of the Order of St. Catherine of the Big Cross, with the Order…
The artist is anthropov Peter III (Karl Peter Ulrich Golstein-Gottorpsky; February 21, 1728, keel − July 6/17, 1762, Ropsha) − The son of the Duke of Golstein-Gottorp Carl Frederick and daughter of Peter I Anna Petrovna. In 1742 he was brought to Petersburg as the heir to the throne. Having accepted Orthodoxy, he received the…
The artist is anthropov Pyotr Fedorovich (1728-1762)-son of the Cesarevna Anna Petrovna and Karl Friedrich, Duke of Golstein-Gottorp. The grandson of two implacable enemies: the Russian emperor Peter I and the Swedish King Charles XII. Since 1742 – heir to the Russian throne. From December 25, 1761 to June 28, 1762 – Emperor Peter III….