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| Keywords: Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia.jpg en This is a portrait of Peter the Great Tsar of Russia 1672 “1725 and his page boy It is by the German artist Baron Gustav von Mardefeld and dates from the early 18th century They are shown on the battlefield and are wearing ceremonial dress The boy was originally thought to be Abraham Hannibal also spelt Abram Gannibal about 1696 “1781 who had been kidnapped from Africa at a young age and adopted by Peter the Great Hannibal later became chief military engineer in the Russian Army and was the great-grandfather of the famous writer Alexander Pushkin But at the time that this portrait was painted Hannibal would have been in his mid twenties circa 1707 made http //collections vam ac uk/item/O98300/miniature-peter-the-great-with-a/ Mardefeld Gustav von Baron born 1664 - died 1729 artist Mardefelt Gustaff B artist PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Portraits of Peter I of Russia Africans in 18th-century art | ||||
