Portrait of Count Grigory Kushelev
1827 (?)
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Location in museum
The Mikhailovsky Palace
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Room 17 - Period Early 19th century
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Grigory Grigorievich Kushelev (1754–1833) was a count (since 1799), a graduate of the Marine Cadets Corps, a participant of the Archipelago Expedition during the Russo-Turkish War of 1771–1774, a commander of Gatchina Fleet, a general-admiral of the order of Saint John of Jerusalem (since 1799), a general major and an adjutant general, since 1798 – an admiral and a vice president of the Collegium of Admiralties. During the reign of Alexander I he was dismissed from all positions. Grigory Grigorievich collected a large number of paintings and was an honored amateur member of the Imperial Academy of Arts. He was married twice, and his second wife was Lyubov Ilyinichna Bezborodko, a niece of the state chancellor.
Grigory Grigorievich is depicted with the orders of St. Andrew the Protoclete (a band and a star, 1799); St. Alexander Nevsky (a pendant cross – 1797, a cross with diamonds – 1798); St. Anna (1st grade, a pendant cross – 1796), St. John of Jerusalem (a pendant cross of a commander – 1798, a big cross – 1799), and a French order of St. Lazarus (a green cross on a green band and a golden star).