Weenix J. Portrait of Peter I

Weenix J.

1640 (1641), Амстердам — 1719, Амстердам

Portrait of Peter I

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oil on canvas. 57 х 47
Hermitage permanent collection
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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According to the date on the canvas, the portrait was painted during Peter’s stay in Holland in 1697, during his first trip abroad (1697–1698). Alexander Vasilchikov noted that the body’s depiction is a bit “awkward”; he believed that the image of the head was copied from Peter van der Werff’s piece and it was supposed to fit a “different pose of the body.” The provenance of the painting is unknown. In 1872, it was in the emperor’s parlor in the Winter Palace. It was exhibited at the Tauride exhibition of 1905, and the exhibition dedicated “to the Founder of St Petersburg” (To the Founder of St Petersburg, 2003).

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