RUSSIAN EARLY 19TH CENTURY Portrait of Alexander I oil on canvas 25 1/4 x 32 1/2 in. (64.1 x 82.6 cm.) This painting was painted before 1805 based on the fact that Alexander I is present only with the order of St. George (of fourth degree, the lowest) and one order of St. Andrew (Andrey Pervozvanny). PROVENANCEPossibly the Great Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich Romanov (cousin of the emperor Nicolas II), as of 1905The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, as of 1921A la Vielle Russe, New York, as of 1970LITERATUREPortraits Russes des XVIIIe et XIX siecles, Edition du Grand-Duc Nicolas Mikhailovitch, 1908, St. Petersburg, Manufacture des papiers de l`etat, Volume 4The Horizon History of Russia, by Ian Grey and the editors of the Horizon Magazine, American Heritage Publishing Co.,Inc., New York, 1970 (this painting is illustrated on page 231)The Cathedral of St.Peter and St. Paul: The Burial Place of the Russian Imperial Family, 1998, Liki Rossii Publishing House, St. Petersburg, RussiaThe Age of Napoleon, by Christopher Herold, Horizon Magazine, American Heritage Publishing Co. Inc, New York, 1963 (this painting is illustrated on page 344)Napoleon, part III, by David Grubin, a documentary by PBS
RUSSIAN EARLY 19TH CENTURY Portrait of Alexander I oil on canvas 25 1/4 x 32 1/2 in. (64.1 x 82.6 cm.) This painting was painted before 1805 based on the fact that Alexander I is present only with the order of St. George (of fourth degree, the lowest) and one order of St. Andrew (Andrey Pervozvanny). PROVENANCEPossibly the Great Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich Romanov (cousin of the emperor Nicolas II), as of 1905The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, as of 1921A la Vielle Russe, New York, as of 1970LITERATUREPortraits Russes des XVIIIe et XIX siecles, Edition du Grand-Duc Nicolas Mikhailovitch, 1908, St. Petersburg, Manufacture des papiers de l`etat, Volume 4The Horizon History of Russia, by Ian Grey and the editors of the Horizon Magazine, American Heritage Publishing Co.,Inc., New York, 1970 (this painting is illustrated on page 231)The Cathedral of St.Peter and St. Paul: The Burial Place of the Russian Imperial Family, 1998, Liki Rossii Publishing House, St. Petersburg, RussiaThe Age of Napoleon, by Christopher Herold, Horizon Magazine, American Heritage Publishing Co. Inc, New York, 1963 (this painting is illustrated on page 344)Napoleon, part III, by David Grubin, a documentary by PBS
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