PORTRAIT OF GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS PAVLOVICH (NICHOLAS I)
Creator(s): L. Sievers (Painter) , George Dawe (After)
On view in: Pavilion
About this object
The half-length portrait depicts a young officer facing partly right. He wears a dark green uniform with a red panel along the front, red cuffs, a gold collar, and gold epaulettes. He wears the blue sash of the Order of St. Andrew and a badge of another order at the throat.
- Object name:
- PORTRAIT OF GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS PAVLOVICH (NICHOLAS I)
- Made from:
- Oil on canvas
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 1832
- Size:
- 42.2 x 32.4 cm (16 5/8 x 12 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 51.74
- Class:
- PAINTING
- Signature marks:
- SIGNATURE; DATE L. Sievers, 1832 [Lower left] SEAL Seal of Nicholas I (not visible in 2015) [On back] INSCRIPTIONS “TU / HANS.UDSS. / 3546 / NTEK-NSN” (white paint); “5339” (pencil); [On back] LABELS Label 1: “75”; Label 2: “TUROR”; Label 3: “8. / […]” (illegible – Cyrillic?) [On back] STAMP “DOUANE / […]PORTA[…]ION / […] / […]ALE” (French customs) [On back]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973