"Portrait of Peter Ivanovich Ivelich" - a picture of George Doe and his workshop, from the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace.
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| George Doe and workshop | ||
| Portrait of Peter Ivanovich Ivelich . Around 1821-1822 | ||
| Canvas, oil. 70 × 62.5 cm | ||
| State Hermitage , St. Petersburg | ||
| ( inv. GE-8068 ) | ||
The picture is a busting portrait of Major-General Peter Ivanovich Ivelich from the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace [1] .
During the Patriotic War of 1812, Major General Ivelich was the chief of the Brest Infantry Regiment and commanded the 1st Brigade of the 17th Infantry Division, was in the 1st Western Army and was in many battles with the French, in the Borodino battle was wounded. During the Foreign campaign of 1813, he distinguished himself in the battle of Bautzen [2] .
Depicted in a general's uniform, introduced for infantry generals on May 7, 1817, his overcoat is thrown over his shoulders. On the left, a Star of the Order of St. Anne , 1st Class; on the neck of the cross of the Order of St. Vladimir 3rd degree; the cross of the Order of St. George of the 4th class, silver medal "In memory of the Patriotic War of 1812" on the St. Andrew's ribbon and the bronze noble medal "In memory of the Patriotic War of 1812" on the Vladimir ribbon [3] . Signed on the frame: P. I. Ivelich, General Mayor .
On August 7, 1820, Ivelich was included in the list of “generals deserving to be written in the gallery” by the General Staff Committee for Attestation and on November 11, 1821, Emperor Alexander I ordered a portrait for the Military Gallery to be written. On November 12, 1821, the Inspector Department of the War Ministry sent a notice to Ivelich that “his portrait is the Highest ordered to write to the painter Dove, therefore, if you wish to come to St. Petersburg , you should not leave a date with Dove” . Ivelich at that time was retired and permanently resided in Tobolsk province , he probably came to St. Petersburg, where he met with Dow. The Dow fee was paid on February 24 and July 1, 1822. The finished portrait entered the Hermitage on September 7, 1825 [4] .
In the mid-1820s, Messrs Colnaghi commissioned an engraving by G. Doe on the order of the St. Petersburg bookseller S. Florent from a gallery portrait in London .
Notes
- ↑ State Hermitage. “Dow, George and the workshop.” "Portrait of Peter Ivanovich Ivelich".
- ↑ Dictionary , p. 404.
- ↑ Renne, 2009 , p. 297.
- ↑ Podmaso, 2013 , p. 291.
- ↑ Rovinsky, vol. 2, 1887 , Coll. 994.
Literature
- 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. The State Hermitage. British painting of the XVI — XIX centuries: Catalog of the collection. - SPb. : State Hermitage Museum Publishing House, 2009. - 416 p. - ISBN 978-5-93572-376-7 .
- D. Rovinsky. A comprehensive dictionary of Russian engraved portraits. Edition with 700 photo-type portraits. - SPb. : Typography of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1887. - T. II: E — O.
- 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 . - p . 404 . - ISSN 0869-20011 . (Comm. A. A. Podmaso )