Thomas LawrenceBritish, 1769–1830Portrait of Count Mikhail S. Vorontsov (1782-1856)
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
State Hermitage Museum
Saint Petersburg, Russia
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
Portrait of Mikhail Vorontsov is an oil on canvas portrait painting by the British artist Sir Thomas Lawrence of the Russian general Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, from 1821.
Particulars
- Accession number
- ГЭ-5846
In the catalog
Sources
- State Hermitage Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 4 days ago
- Image: State Hermitage Museum — Museum open access
Meanwhile, in the life of Thomas Lawrence
The whole lifeMay 1819
From Vienna to Rome: Pope Pius VII
Still under orders from the Prince Regent, he leaves Vienna for Rome to paint Pope Pius VII and Cardinal Ercole Consalvi.
30 March 1820
Back in London and elected President the same evening
Arriving back in London, he finds that the president of the Royal Academy, Benjamin West, has died, and that very evening he is voted the new president; he will hold the post until his death ten years later.
1820s
A trip to Paris: the portrait of Charles X
For the Waterloo series he travels to Paris to paint the newly crowned Charles X, taking with him Herman, the son of Isabella Wolff.
1820s
The patronage of Robert Peel
Gains another important patron in Robert Peel, who commissions portraits of his family and a portrait of George Canning.
1820–1830
Post: President of the Royal Academy of Arts
28 February 1822 · Membership
Royal Society
