Tsar Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (1796-1855)
Ivan Winberg (fl. c.1825 - 1846)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
circa 1840
Materials
Watercolour on card
Measurements
35 x 45 mm
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 772569
Summary
Portrait miniature, watercolour on card, Tsar Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (1796-1855) by Ivan Winberg (fl.c.1825-1846). c.1840. Oval.Head and shoulders, portrait of a man, head and gaze to the left, wearing a black uniform coat with gold-embroidered red collar, and gold epaulettes. Blue sash of the Russian Order of St Andrew over the right shoulder, badge of this Order next to the cross of the Russian Order of St George. Next is the Prussian officers' cross and the medal of the 1828-1829 Turkish Campaign.. Dark brown backward-combed hair and side-whiskers. Blue-grey background. See almost identical image in the collection of the House of Orange-Nassau by Robert Theer, c.1840.
Provenance
Part of the Jersey bequest, March 1993
Marks and inscriptions
European noble with blue sash
Makers and roles
Ivan Winberg (fl. c.1825 - 1846)