(b. 1797, Grossbadegast bei Köthen, d. 1857, Berlin)
Portrait of Alexander Arkadyevich Suvorov
1851
Oil on canvas, 138 x 100 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Alexander Arkadyevich Suvorov (1804-1882) was a Russian statesman and combat leader, infantry general (1859) and governor-general (1861-66). He was the grandson of Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov, the famous generalissimus of the Russian Empire.
