OTECHESTVENNAYA VOYNA 1812 [THE PATRIOTIC WAR OF 1812] Venetsianov A.G. (1780-1847) Napoleon's Winter Quarters

First quarter of the 19th century Paper; etching, watercolor Sheet – 23.5 x 32 cm; frame – 26.5 x 35 cm In good condition. Minor foxing. Alexey Gavrilovich Venetsianov (1780-1847) was a Russian painter, draftsman, engraver, and educator. He was one of the leading artists of the late Russian Neoclassicism in the first half of the 19th century. Venetsianov was known for his genre scenes and portraits, which combined academic tradition with a romantic worldview, portraying peasant life in an original manner. He was an Academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg and the court artist of Emperor Nicholas I (since 1830). During the Patriotic War of 1812, Venetsianov collaborated with Ivan Terebenyov in creating caricatures of the French and the Frenchophile nobility. He also painted genre scenes depicting the lives of the nobility and the urban middle class.