Sujet
Portrait of Andrey I. Gorchakov (1779-1855), 1822. Creator: George Dawe.
Légende
Portrait of Andrey I. Gorchakov (1779-1855), 1822. Gorchakov had a brilliant beginning to his military career, reaching the rank of colonel by the age of 19. After Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812 he served under the command of General Pyotr Bagration, distinguishing himself in holding off a numerically superior French force at the Battle of Shevardino. He was forced to leave the army after he was seriously wounded shortly afterwards at Borodino. English portraitist George Dawe (1781-1829) was commissioned by Alexander I to paint 329 portraits of senior Russian military staff who had successfully fought Napoleon during his invasion of Russia, for the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace. Dawe worked in Saint Petersburg from 1822 to 1828, with his assistants, Alexander Polyakov and Wilhelm August Golicke, and was officially appointed First Portrait Painter of the Imperial Court.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM26A37_019
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
62.2Mo (6.7Mo) / 37.1cm x 42.0cm / 4382 x 4960 (300dpi)