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Gregor Ivanovich Bothmann (d. 1891)
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Gregor Ivanovich Bothmann (d. 1891)

Emperor Nicholas I in the full uniform of a Guard Cossack General

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Gregor Ivanovich Bothmann (d. 1891)
Emperor Nicholas I in the full uniform of a Guard Cossack General
signed, inscribed and dated 'G. Bothmann/St Petersburg 1870' (lower left)
oil on canvas
111¾ x 80 in. (284 x 203 cm.)
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Lot Essay

An earlier version of this large portrait with a view of the Kremlin beyond (fig. 1), painted in 1856, used to hang in the private rooms of His Imperial Majesty in the Moscow Kremlin (see D. Skalon, The 100 years of the War Ministry, 1802-1902, St Petersburg, 1902, vol. XI, part I, p. 826, illustrated).

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