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Jean-Baptiste Greuze
(French, 18th century)
Count Stroganov as a Child (1778)
Inventory Number: 4036
Oil on canvas.
17 x 13 inches (42.5 x 33 cm)
This portrait of Pavel Alexandrovich Stroganov (1772 — 1817) was painted in Paris during a visit to the city by the Stroganov family. One of Greuze's most genuine and sincere works, he able to convey that sense of seriousness and self-importance which the six-year-old child — heir to a vast fortune and rich art collection, scion of one of Russia's most prestigious families — presented during the sittings. With its warm colour range, this portrait of Popo, as Stroganov was known in his childhood, was very popular and many copies were made. Stroganov went on to take part in the French Revolution, to become a leading Russian diplomat and hero of the war with Napoleon in 1812.
Size can be commissioned smaller or larger.
Collection of the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.