Lot 243
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VLADIMIR LUKICH BOROVIKOVSKII (RUSSIAN, 1757-1825)
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VLADIMIR LUKICH BOROVIKOVSKII (RUSSIAN, 1757-1825)

Prince Aleksandr Andreevich Bezborodko (1747-1799), in gold-embroidered maroon velvet jacket, embroidered white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast star of the Russian Order of St. Andrew, the sash and breast star of the Order of St. Vladimir and the badge of the Order of St. Anne; green curtain background

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VLADIMIR LUKICH BOROVIKOVSKII (RUSSIAN, 1757-1825)
Prince Aleksandr Andreevich Bezborodko (1747-1799), in gold-embroidered maroon velvet jacket, embroidered white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast star of the Russian Order of St. Andrew, the sash and breast star of the Order of St. Vladimir and the badge of the Order of St. Anne; green curtain background
oil on tin
oval, 6 in. (153 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount with ribbon and bow cresting
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Lot Essay

Prince Aleksandr Andreevich Bezborodko, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Empress Catherine II of Russia. He inspired the Greek project for liberating that country and wrote a manifesto against the French Revolution. As Chancellor of Emperor Paul I, he proposed the campaign of Suvorov against France and Italy. The present miniature is after the oil on canvas painting by Giovanni Battista Lampi of 1794.

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