"Portrait of Count Alexey Arakcheyev", George Dawe, 1823
Alexei andreevich arakcheev (1769-1834) general of the russian army from an old noble family of the novgorod governorate; from 1808 he was minister of war and then also a member of the state council. He was notorious for his cruelty. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 1823. Place of creation: Russia. Dimensions: height: 60 cm (23.6 in) ; width: 87 cm (34.2 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Alexey Andreevich Arakcheyev. Collection: Hermitage Museum. Graf Aleksei Andreevich Arakcheev, 1769-1834