Live Auction 7684Russian Pictures Including Post-War and Contemporary Art Part II
Aleksandr Poliakov (1801-1835)
Lot 329 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

Aleksandr Poliakov (1801-1835)

Portrait of Emperor Nicholas I

Closed26 November 2008

Price Realised

GBP 46,850

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Aleksandr Poliakov (1801-1835)
Portrait of Emperor Nicholas I
signed in Cyrillic and dated 'A. Poliakov. 1829' (lower left)
oil on canvas
35¼ x 27¼ in. (89.5 x 69.2 cm.)

Acquired from Blanca Orlandis Habsburgh, Arch-Duchess of Austria and Lorraine.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

The present portrait is painted after that executed by George Dawe in the early 1820s (see Rovinskii, Dictionary of Russian engraved portraits, St Petersburg 1887, vol. 2, p. 1360, no. 39). Aleksandr Poliakov, along with Vasilii (Wilhelm) Golicke, worked alongside Dawe in his studio.

The Emperor Nicholas I is wearing the red dress of the Chevaliers-Gardes regiment. This particular uniform was worn between 1815 and 1829.

We are grateful to Gerard Gorokhoff for his assistance in cataloguing the present work.