German portraitist Georg Caspar Prenner (c.1720-1766) came to Russia in 1750 on the invitation of count Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov. His contract was for 5 years, during which he became so wealthy that could lend his patron, Count Vorontsov, big sums of money. Though after the end of the contract it was not renewed, as Vorontsov thought the artist to be “hot-tempered, who could not live in peace with...
Mid 18 century. Oil on canvas. Ryazan Art Museum, Ryazan, Russia. Read Note.
1753. Oil on canvas. 134 x 97.5 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.