General Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Pisarev (1780-1848), in dark-green uniform, gold-embroidered red collar, gold epaulettes, wearing the red sash and breast-star of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Anne (1st class), the Orders of St. George (3rd class), St. Vladimir (3rd and 4th class), the Prussian 'Pour le Mérite', St. Maurice (Commander class) and the Campaign medal of 1812

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RUSSIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1815
General Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Pisarev (1780-1848), in dark-green uniform, gold-embroidered red collar, gold epaulettes, wearing the red sash and breast-star of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Anne (1st class), the Orders of St. George (3rd class), St. Vladimir (3rd and 4th class), the Prussian 'Pour le Mérite', St. Maurice (Commander class) and the Campaign medal of 1812
oval, 3 in. (77 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount

Provenance

Collection of Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich Romanov (1859-1919), in 1909.
Alexandre Rozembergh, Paris, in 1928.

Literature

Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich Romanov, Russkie portrety [...], St. Petersburg, 1905-1909, V, no. 148, illustrated.

Exhibited

Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Exposition d'art russe ancien et moderne, 1928, no. 154 (lent by Alexandre Rozembergh, Paris).

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Lot Essay

Entering the army in the Semenovskii Regiment in 1797, Pisarev fought in the campaign in Germany in 1807 and the Great Fatherland War and abroad, being awarded various medals including the Order of St. George (4th class) in 1813. He was also a renowned author and member of historical and other societies.

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