Aleksander ORLOWSKI (1777-1832) - Lot 32

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Aleksander ORLOWSKI (1777-1832) - Lot 32
Aleksander ORLOWSKI (1777-1832) Portrait of Hadji Mirza Ismaïl on horseback, circa 1819. Oil on tin plate (mounted on panel). 50.5 x 49.5 cm. Gilded wood frame. Hadji Mirza Ismaïl was the civil administrator (Hokmran) of the Erivan Khanate until the annexation of Armenia by the Russian Empire in February 1828. In the background, on the left, you can see the Yerevan fortress known as the Sardar Palace. Aleksander Orlowski, born in Warsaw, was a Polish painter and draughtsman. After the partition of Poland, he settled in the Russian Empire, where he was a pioneer of lithography. A lithograph of our painting was executed by Orlowski himself.
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