Grand duke mikhail nikolaevich bottom right: author's inscription and signature: print d'apres nature par zichy thick yellowish paper; gouache, watercolor, whitewash; glued to a mounting sheet with the princely crown in gold at the top, above the drawing. 300 x 210 inv. No. Or-39905 grand duke mikhail nikolaevich (1832-1909), the youngest son of emperor nicholas i. From 1852 until the end of his life, chief of artillery technical supply; general feldzeugmeister; chief of the 2nd horse artillery brigade; in 1863-1881 general field marshal; viceroy of the caucasus and commander of the 2nd caucasian army; in 1881-1905 chairman of the state council. Sheets from the album “officers of the life guards horse artillery of the 2nd light battery”. 1852. The album includes 13 sheets, inserted into a black leather folder. Executed by order of empress alexandra feodorovna. Provenance: sent to the hermitage in 1929 via the state museum of fine arts; previously the collection of the winter palace. Literature: aleshina 1975, p. 189. Date: 1852.
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