Johann Gottfried Tannauer, a German artist, was born and trained in Saxony. He was one of the first masters, who came to Russia on invitation of Peter I. Tannauer was highly appreciated by the Russian nobility. He painted portraits of the tsar’s family and also the first personas of the country.
1710s. Oil on canvas. 78 x 61 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
1710s. Oil on canvas. 80 x 60 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
1710s. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
1720s. Oil on canvas. 126 x 92 cm. The Pavlovsk Palace. Pavlovsk, Russia. Read Note.
Mid-1720s. Oil on canvas. 77 x 61 cm. The Pavlovsk Palace. Pavlovsk, Russia. Read Note.
Russian Art of Peter I the Great Period. Leningrad. 1990.
Paintings of the 18th-early 20th centuries from the Reserves of the Russian Museum. by K. Mikhailova and G. Smirnov. Leningrad. 1982.