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Lot 14 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PRINCE IVAN OBOLENSKY
Vladimir Borovikovsky (1757-1825)
Portrait of Prince Petr Vasilievich Lopukhin (1753-1827), wearing the star and sash of the Order of St Andrew, the star and cross of the Order of St Vladimir, the Order of Alexander Nevskii, the Order of Malta and a diamond portrait badge
Closed2 June 2014
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GBP 2,154,500
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Petr Vasilievich Lopukhin was a Russian statesman, Privy Councillor and Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Empire from 1816-1827. His standing at court rose significantly when his daughter Anna Gagarina became a favourite of Paul I.
Following the accession of Emperor Alexander I in 1801, Lopukhin became an Member of the Indispensable Council in 1803, Minister of Justice and Head of the Commission for the Formulation of Law; in accordance with the responsibilities of being Procurator-General of the Senate, he oversaw its reorganisation (he established two new departments, as well as temporary departments and committees for the 'Review' of incoming Senate complaints).
Tall and handsome, Lopukhin was always popular with women and remained a gallant figure well into old age. He was married twice and had seven children. His first wife was (1776) Praskovia Ivanovna Levshina (1760-1785), the second (1786) Ekaterina Nikolaevna Shetneva (1763-1839).
In the early 1800s Borovikovsky painted almost all of the influential family of ‘His Serene Highness’ Prince Lopukhin: his eldest daughter (A. P. Gagarina (1801, State Russian Museum, St Petersburg), the prince himself and his two wives.
Following the accession of Emperor Alexander I in 1801, Lopukhin became an Member of the Indispensable Council in 1803, Minister of Justice and Head of the Commission for the Formulation of Law; in accordance with the responsibilities of being Procurator-General of the Senate, he oversaw its reorganisation (he established two new departments, as well as temporary departments and committees for the 'Review' of incoming Senate complaints).
Tall and handsome, Lopukhin was always popular with women and remained a gallant figure well into old age. He was married twice and had seven children. His first wife was (1776) Praskovia Ivanovna Levshina (1760-1785), the second (1786) Ekaterina Nikolaevna Shetneva (1763-1839).
In the early 1800s Borovikovsky painted almost all of the influential family of ‘His Serene Highness’ Prince Lopukhin: his eldest daughter (A. P. Gagarina (1801, State Russian Museum, St Petersburg), the prince himself and his two wives.