Unknown painter. Peter I in a Tavern

Unknown painter

Peter I in a Tavern

18th century

oil on canvas. 37 х 51
Received in 1972 via the Expert Purchasing Committee of the State Hermitage Provenance: collection of the Kurakins
State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Period 18th century
Virtual exhibitions and 3d-tours
- Peter I and his Era
- Peter the Great: His Era and His Inner Circle.
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There are still three seals on the back of the painting, and on one of these seals, there is a count’s coat of arms that belongs to the Polish Raczyński family (reported by E.A. Yarovaya). The painting depicts a genre scene in a tavern, traditional for Dutch paintings. A man sitting on the right resembles Peter the Great. The simplified way of depicting the characters and interior details allow us to suggest that the painting was created by a Russian (?) artist “in the Dutch manner.”

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