Tsar Peter I, 'Peter the Great', Tsar of Russia (1672-1725), with Minerva
after Jacopo Amigoni (Naples c.1682 - Madrid 1752)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1730 (after)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
480 x 320 mm
Order this imageCollection
Treasurer's House, North Yorkshire
NT 593143
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Tsar Peter I, 'Peter the Great', Tsar of Russia (1672-1725) with Minerva, after Jacopo Amigoni (Naples 1682 – Madrid 1752). A full-length portrait of Peter the Great standing beside the goddess Minerva; a drum, cannon and books in the foreground. This is a copy of Amigoni's full length in the throne alcove in the Petrorsky Hall of the Winter Palace, painted in 1730, five years after the Tsar's death, for the Russian ambassador in London, Prince Antioch Kantemir. Variously described as the 'Spirit of Russia' or Minerva. 1930 inventory reveals that Frank Green thought it to be William III and Mary.
Provenance
TDR 1930-54; SDR 1954-90; WSR - date; gift of Francis 'Frank' William Green FSA (1861-1954) in 1930
Credit line
Treasurer’s House, York, The Frank Green Gift (National Trust)
Makers and roles
after Jacopo Amigoni (Naples c.1682 - Madrid 1752), publisher