MAKE A MEME View Large Image Peter I by Kneller.jpg Portrait of Russian Tsar Peter I the Great by Godfrey Kneller 1698 This portrait was Peter's gift to King of England William III It was painted in 1698 when between 11 January and 21 April Peter the Great was in ...
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Keywords: Peter I by Kneller.jpg Portrait of Russian Tsar Peter I the Great by Godfrey Kneller 1698 This portrait was Peter's gift to King of England William III It was painted in 1698 when between 11 January and 21 April Peter the Great was in London visiting William III This was part of his famous Grand Embassy of 1697-8 a diplomatic mission which turned into a fact-finding tour of the more advanced countries of Western Europe the Tzar was especially inetrested in the ship-building of the Dutch and English having begun the constrauction of a Russian Navy in 1695 The Tzar is here shown wearing armour with an embroidered gold ermine-lined cloak his crown on a cushion in a niche; ships can bee seen at manoeuvres through a window Signed and dated 1698 Oil on canvas cm 241 2 145 4 Institution Royal Collection of the United Kingdom cite book Cross Anthony Peter the Great Through British Eyes Perceptions and Representations of the Tsar Since 1698 http //assets cambridge org/97805217/82982/sample/9780521782982ws pdf 9780521782982 Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2000 object history exhibition history credit line Inscribed by Kneller and signed and dated Petrus Alexeewitz Magnus Dominus / Tzar Et magnus Dux Moscoviae / Jussu Britanniae majestatis Godefridus Kneller Eques ad vivum Pinxit 1698 accession number RCIN 405645 http //www royalcollection org uk/collection/405645/peter-the-great-tsar-of-russia-1672-1725 www royalcollection org uk/collection/405645/peter-the-great-tsar-of-russia-1672-1725 PD-old-100 NuclearWarfare <span class signature-talk >talk</span> 2009-08-18 Peter I by Godfrey Kneller 17th-century oil portraits of standing men at full length wearing armour 1698 Files uploaded by Shakko from various sources Diplomatic gifts Portraits in palace loggia Rossica Ermine clothing in art Paintings by Godfrey Kneller with fur Fur fashion in 1698
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