“Portrait of Gustav Khristianovich Shele” is 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 Gustav Khristianovich Shele . Around 1827-1828 | ||
| Canvas, oil. 70 × 62.5 cm | ||
| State Hermitage Museum , St. Petersburg | ||
| ( inv. GE-8111 ) | ||
The picture is a chest portrait of Major General Gustav Khristianovich Shele from the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace [1] .
During the Patriotic War of 1812, Colonel Schele was the commander of the Nevsky Infantry Regiment and was in Finland , from where he was transferred by sea to Riga ; participated in battles in the Baltic provinces against the corps of Marshal MacDonald . During overseas campaigns he was also in many battles, for the difference near Kraon in 1814 he received the rank of Major General [2] .
Depicted in the general's uniform, introduced for infantry generals on May 7, 1817. On the neck there are crosses of the orders of St. Vladimir of the 3rd degree and St. Anne of the 2nd degree; on the right 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 there is an inscription: Schele [3] . Signature on the frame with an error in the initial: G.K.Shele, General Mayor .
On August 7, 1820, the Scheel General Staff Committee on Attestation was included in the list of "generals deserving to be written in the gallery" and on February 16, 1825, Emperor Alexander I ordered his portrait to be painted. The Dow fee was paid on August 10, 1825 and January 15, 1828. The portrait was taken to the Hermitage on January 21, 1828. Since the previous delivery of ready-made portraits for the Military Gallery took place on July 8, 1827, the portrait of Shele was painted between these dates [4] .
In the 1840s, in the workshop of Karl Kraya , a lithograph was made from the portrait and painted by I. A. Klyukvin , published in the book “Emperor Alexander I and His Companions” and subsequently repeatedly reproduced [5] . In the circulation part, another lithograph was printed, which differs in insignificant details.
Notes
- ↑ State Hermitage Museum. “Dow, George and the workshop.” "Portrait of Gustav Khristianovich Shele."
- ↑ Dictionary, 1996 , p. 609-610.
- ↑ Renne, 2009 , p. 370
- ↑ Podmazo, 2013 , p. 696.
- ↑ Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky, T. 4 , No. 48.
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. The history of the Fatherland in the evidence and documents of the XVIII — XX centuries. : Collection. - M .: TRITE studio N. Mikhalkova , 1996. - T. VII . - S. 610-611 . - ISSN 0869-20011 . (Comm. A. A. Podmazo )