"Portrait of Nikolai Filippovich Emelyanov" - a painting by George Dow and his workshop from the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace.
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| George Dow and the workshop | ||
| Portrait of Nikolai Filippovich Emelyanov . Around 1826-1827 | ||
| Canvas, oil. 70 × 62.5 cm | ||
| State Hermitage Museum , St. Petersburg | ||
| ( inv. GE-8082 ) | ||
The picture is a chest portrait of Major General Nikolai Filippovich Emelyanov from the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace [1] .
Since the beginning of the Patriotic War of 1812, Colonel Emelyanov was the chief of the Kexholm Infantry Regiment , distinguished himself in the Battle of Borodino and in the battle of Vyazma . In the overseas campaigns of 1813, he fought at Kulm and was soon promoted to major general . In the campaign of 1813 he distinguished himself in the battle of Arcy-sur-Ob and in the capture of Paris [2] .
Depicted in a general's uniform introduced for infantry generals on May 7, 1817. On the left on the chest is a star of the Order of St. Anna of the 1st degree; on the neck there are crosses of the orders of St. Vladimir of the 3rd degree and the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle of the 2nd degree; on the chest there is a cross of the Order of St. George of the 4th class, a silver medal “In memory of the Patriotic War of 1812” on the St. Andrew’s ribbon and a bronze noble medal “In memory of the Patriotic War of 1812” on the Vladimir ribbon . On the back of the picture is an inscription: Emelianoff [3] . Signature on the frame: N.F. Emelyanov 1st, General Mayor .
On August 7, 1820, the General Staff Certification Committee Emelyanov was included in the list of “generals deserving to be written in the gallery” and on February 16, 1822, Emperor Alexander I ordered his portrait to be painted. In the summer of that year, Emelyanov informed the Inspectorate Department of the War Ministry that due to his illness, he would not be able to come to St. Petersburg in the near future to pose for the artist. Nevertheless, after some time, the meeting between Yemelyanov and Dow took place. The Dow fee was paid on August 10, 1825 and June 21, 1827. The finished portrait was taken to the Hermitage on July 8, 1827. Since the previous delivery of the finished portraits to the Hermitage took place on October 18, 1826, the gallery portrait of Emelyanov can be considered executed between these dates [4] .
Notes
- ↑ State Hermitage Museum. “Dow, George and the workshop.” "Portrait of Nikolai Filippovich Emelyanov."
- ↑ Dictionary , p. 389.
- ↑ Renne, 2009 , p. 291.
- ↑ Podmazo, 2013 , p. 259.
Literature
- Podmazo A. A. Images of the heroes of the Patriotic War of 1812: Military Gallery of the Winter Palace. - M .: Russian Knights, 2013 .-- 864 p. - ISBN 978-5-903389-62-9 .
- Renne E.P. State Hermitage Museum. British painting of the 16th — 19th centuries: Collection Catalog. - SPb. : Publishing House of the State Hermitage Museum, 2009. - 416 p. - ISBN 978-5-93572-376-7 .
- Dictionary of Russian generals, participants in the hostilities against the army of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1812-1815. // Russian archive. History of the Fatherland in the evidence and documents of the XVIII — XX centuries. : Collection. - M .: TRITE studio N. Mikhalkova , 1996. - T. VII . - S. 389 . - ISSN 0869-20011 . (Comm. A. A. Podmazo )