The sitter wears the following decorations: the red ribbon of the Order of Alexander Nevsky with the medal of Catherine the Great around his neck and the striped ribbon of the Order of Saint Vladimir and the medal of the Battle of 1812 attached to his coat

We would like to thank Drs M.E. Tiethoff-Spliethoff, The Hague, for her help in cataloguing this lot. A copy of her report is available to the buyer