Nikolai Andreevich Lavrov (1820-1875) after Ivan Nikitich Nikitin

Portrait of an Orthodox Hierarch, possibly Metropolitan Gavriil (Petrov) of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg

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Nikolai Andreevich Lavrov (1820-1875) after Ivan Nikitich Nikitin
Portrait of an Orthodox Hierarch, possibly Metropolitan Gavriil (Petrov) of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg
signed and dated in Cyrillic Nikitin (exec(uted) by the art(ist) H. Lavrov 1845 lower left and inscribed on the book held by the hierarch in his right hand
oil on board
27.7 x 23.5 cm

拍品專文

Metropolitan Gavriil of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg (1730-1801) was born into a priestly family in Moscow. He was appointed Archimandrite in 1761 and two years later he became Bishop of Tver. In 1770 he was appointed Archbishop of St. Petersburg and in 1775 he became also Archbishop of Novgorod. On 22 September 1783 he was appointed Metropolitan of Novgorod and St. Petersburg, which was the highest rank among the hierarchs in Russia.