Unknown painter. Portrait of Admiral Cornelius Cruys

Unknown painter

Portrait of Admiral Cornelius Cruys

First quarter of the 18th century

oil on canvas. 83 x 69 (oval)
Received in 1941 from the State Museum of Ethnography of the Peoples of the USSR (as part of the collection of the Department of History of Everyday Life, State Russian Museum); earlier – Church of St Peter, St Petersburg (until 1928)
State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Period 18th century
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- Peter I and his Era
- Peter the Great: His Era and His Inner Circle.
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Cornelius Cruys(1657–1727) Admiral (1721). He was born in Norway and served in the Dutch fleet. In 1698 he began serving in Russia. Cruys participated in construction of the Voronezh Admiralty, the building of the Taganrog Harbor, and the fortification of Azov. He was a commander of the Baltic Fleet and took part in the Northern War. Cruys was appointed vice president of the Admiralty College (1717) and patron of the Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in St Petersburg.

The portrait represents a distinctive example of paintings created in the Petrine epoch; an indispensable showpiece of exhibitions dedicated to this phenomenon.

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