Portrait of Peter I

Nikitin I.N.

1680s, Moscow (?) - After 1741

Portrait of Peter I

Historical collection of the Pavlovsk Palace. 1720 (?)

oil on canvas. 76 х 61,5
State Museum «PAVLOVSK»

Period Late 17th century – the 18th century
Virtual exhibitions and 3d-tours
- Peter the Great: His Era and His Inner Circle.
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In the second part of the 19^th century the portrait was attributed to Andrei Matveyev; but the accuracy of the attribution generated doubts. Subsequently, Matveyev’s authorship was rejected and a new hypothesis was proposed stating that the painting was actually created by Nikitin in August 1720 in Peterhof, for which the artist used a canvas with a waterscape that he had started beforehand.

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