“Portrait of Karl Fedorovich Baggovut” - a painting by George Dow and his workshop from the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace.
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| George Doe and workshop | ||
| Portrait of Karl Fedorovich Baggovut . 1828 year | ||
| Canvas, oil. 70 × 62.5 cm | ||
| State Hermitage , St. Petersburg | ||
| ( inv. GE-8136 ) | ||
The picture is a chest portrait of Major General Karl Fedorovich Baggovut from the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace [1] .
During the Patriotic War of 1812, Lieutenant General Baggovut was the chief of the 4th Jäger Regiment and commanded the 2nd Infantry Corps in the 1st Western Army. Brilliantly proved himself in the battle of Borodino , where after the mortal wound of General N. A. Tuchkov took command of the left flank of the Russian troops. In the battle of Tarutino, he led an attack on French positions and was killed [2] .
Depicted in the general's uniform of the sample dated May 7, 1820 - Baggovut could not wear such a uniform, since it died in 1812, and wore the uniform of the 1808 model with two rows of buttons. On the neck crosses of the orders of St. Vladimir of the 3rd degree, St. George of the 3rd degree, the Prussian Red Eagle of the 2nd degree; the star of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is erroneously shown on the right chest [3] - he was awarded this order after the Battle of Borodino and before the Battle of Tarutino simply did not manage to receive it [4] . Signature on a frame with an error in a surname: K. F. Fon-Bogovut, Gene. Lieutenant .
On August 7, 1820, Baggovut was included in the list of "generals deserving to be written in the gallery." A fee for the finished work of the Dow was paid on November 12, 1820, but it was not handed over to the Hermitage on September 7, 1825. Since Baggovut died in 1812, there was a prototype gallery portrait. The guardian of British painting in the Hermitage, E. P. Renne, believes that Baggovut's portrait by French artist O. Vernet or a drawing by G.-J. de Saint-Aubin , available at the Hermitage collection [5] . However, A. A. Podmazo claims that the prototype was the miniature medallion of an unknown artist, published in the publication “ Russian Portraits of the 18th and 19th Centuries ” [6] , which is currently in a private collection [4] . On a miniature Baggovut is depicted in the correct uniform - a sample of 1808 with two rows of buttons.
In the 1840s, a lithography was made from the gallery portrait in the workshop of I. P. Pesotsky , published in the book “Emperor Alexander I and His Companions” and subsequently repeatedly reproduced [7] . In part of the print run, a lithograph of P. Petit’s workshop was printed from a drawing by V. Dolle .
Notes
- ↑ State Hermitage. “Dow, George and the workshop.” "Portrait of Karl Fedorovich Baggovut."
- ↑ Dictionary , p. 302.
- ↑ Renne, 2009 , p. 260-261.
- ↑ 1 2 Podmazo, 2013 , p. 97.
- ↑ Renne, 2009 , p. 261.
- ↑ Russian portraits, vol. III , No. 58.
- ↑ Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky, vol. 1 , No. 6.
Literature
- Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky A.I. The Emperor Alexander I and his associates in 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815. Military Gallery of the Winter Palace. - SPb. : In the printing house of Karl Fray, 1845. - T. 1.
- Podmaso A. A. Images of the heroes of the Patriotic War of 1812: the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace. - M .: Russian Knights, 2013. - 864 p. - ISBN 978-5-903389-62-9 .
- Renne, E.P. British Painting of the 16th — 19th Centuries: Collection Catalog. - SPb. : State Hermitage Museum Publishing House, 2009. - 416 p. - ISBN 978-5-93572-376-7 .
- Russian portraits of the XVIII and XIX centuries / Edition of the Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich . - SPb. : Expedition for the procurement of government securities, 1907. - T. III.
- Dictionary of Russian generals, participants in hostilities against the army of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1812-1815. // Russian archive. History of the Fatherland in the certificates and documents of the XVIII — XX centuries. : Collection. - M .: studio " TRITE " N. Mikhalkov , 1996. - T. VII . - S. 288-645 . - ISSN 0869-20011 . (Comm. A. A. Podmaso )