Thursday, October 3, 2013

Portrait of Murtaza Kuli Khan, Brother of Agha Mohammad Khan, the Persian Shah by Vladimir Borovikovsky

Painting.
Origin: Russian Empire.
Date: 1796.
Style: Rococo.
Materials and Techniques: Oil on canvas.
Size: 189.5 x 284 cm.
Kept in Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
Sources: [1],[2],[3], [4].

مرتضی قلی خان قاجار، برادر آغا محمد خان قاجار که به روسیه فرار کرد و از عوامل برانگیزاننده لشگرکشی روسیه به ایران در زمان کاترین و به سرکردگی زبوف بوده
This painting has been created by Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky (Russian: Владимир Лукич Боровиковский, Ukrainian: Володимир Лукич Боровиковський July 24 O.S. 1757 - April 6 O.S. 1825) who was a Russian painter of Ukrainian origin. He dominated Russian portraiture at the turn of the 19th century.