(b. 1797, Grossbadegast bei Köthen, d. 1857, Berlin)
Portrait of Prince Pyotr Volkonsky
1850
Oil on canvas, 283 x 188 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Prince Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky (1776-1852) was a Russian military commander, General-Field Marshal (1843), Adjutant General to Alexander I, member of the State Council (1821). He commanded the Russian troops in the Battle of Austerlitz.
