PORTRAIT OF MAJOR-GENERAL IVAN SHEVICH, HERO OF THE PATRIOTIC WAR OF 1812 UNKNOWN ARTIST, 19TH CENTURY

Lot 165

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oil on canvas 93 x70 cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Europe Ivan Egorovich Shevich (1754–1813) was a Russian-born Serb nobleman, one of the leading fighting-generals, and one of the bravest, in the Russian Imperial army under the command of Mikhail Kutuzov and Emperor Alexander I in the war against Napoleonic army. In 1812, Major-General, the head of the 1st Brigade (Cavalier Guard and Life Guards Equestrian Regiment) 1st Cavsier Division, distinguished himself in the battle of Borodino and was awarded the Order of St. Anne 1st Class, and for the battle of Krasnoï - the Order of St. George of the 3rd class.

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