Drozhdin P. S. Portrait of Peter I

Drozhdin P. S.

174(5?), ?– 1805, St Petersburg (?)

Portrait of Peter I

1795

oil on canvas. 288 х 200
Ж-3928
Received in 1932 from the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, Leningrad

Location in museum The St Michael’s Castle Open the panorama of the hall in the virtual tour
Room 230. The Raphael Gallery
Period 18th century
CategoryPortrait
Keywords The Epoch of Peter the Great (1682-1725) | male portrait | ceremonial portrait | The Romanovs | Emperors | The Rulers of the Russian Empire | male costume | St. Petersburg – Petrograd – Leningrad | Royal Regalia | Orders and Medals
Virtual exhibitions and 3d-tours
- Peter I and his Era
- For the Glory of the Fatherland
- Seafarer and Carpenter. Peter the Great in Russian Artistic Culture
Share

Peter I (the Great; 1672–1725) was the younger son of the Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. He became Tsar in 1682 (until 1696, he ruled jointly with his brother Ivan V). From 1721, he was the first Emperor of All the Russias.

His foreign and domestic policy was conducted with the aim of integrating Russia into the international European system. Under Peter I, reformations were carried out in all spheres of public life: the government, the Church, the army, education, everyday culture. He founded the Russian Navy; and led wars with Turkey, with an aim of gaining an outlet to the Black Sea; and with Sweden, for an outlet to the Baltic Sea, so as to provide Russia with a waterway to Western Europe. He is depicted with the Order of St Andrew (ribbon and star). The portrait was gifted in 1795 to the Alexander Nevsky Lavra by Catherine the Great.

_{«Виртуальный Русский музей» в социальных сетях:}