ANTON RICHTER (AUSTRIAN, 1781-1850)

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ANTON RICHTER (AUSTRIAN, 1781-1850)
General Count Ivan Ivanovich Dibich-Zabalkanskii (1785-1830), in red-lined green uniform with red collar embroidered with gold oak leaves, gold epaulettes, wearing orders and decorations including the breast-stars of the Imperial Russian Orders of St Andrew and St Anna, the badges of St Vladimir, the Military Order of St George and other orders
signed and dated 'Ant. Richter pinx. 820' (lower right)
on ivory
oval, 2 7/8 in. (72 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with stamped foliate border

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Please note that the traditional identification of the sitter has been questioned on the basis that the Order of St Andrew (worn by the present sitter) was awarded to Diebich in 1828, after the present portrait was painted.

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Lot Essay

Born in Silesia to a baronial family, Dibich-Zabalkanskii entered Russian service and fought against the French in the campaigns of 1805 and 1812. He was promoted to major general after the battle of Polotsk, and following the defeat of the Turks awarded the Imperial Military Order of St George (1st class) and the title of Count Zabalkanskii.

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