Portrait of Peter I

Jouvenet F.

1664, Руан — 1749, Париж

Portrait of Peter I

1717

oil on canvas. 370 х 265
Received in 1945 from the Gatchina Palace Provenance: collection of Vincenzo Brenna; later – Gatchina Palace
State Museum «PAVLOVSK»

Period Late 17th century – the 18th century
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- Peter the Great: His Era and His Inner Circle.
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It is possible that the picture was painted during the stay of the artist in St Petersburg. The portrait was mentioned in the 1801–1806 Inventory as work of an unknown artist. The portrait inventory of 1840–1843 of the Gatchina Palace states that the portrait was painted by Jouvenet in Paris in 1717. Scholars believed that this painting attribution has been based on some lost documents, or the artist’s signature. The Gatchina Palace received the portrait from the architect Vincenzo Brenna in 1793–1796. In the summer of 1797 Stanisław August Poniatowski paid particular attention to this painting during his visit to the Gatchina Palace.

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