Equestrian portrait of Peter the Great was painted unknown author in the XVIII century. Particularly, in the time of reign of Peter the Great secular painting art started developing. The senior genre during Peter’s epoch and throughout the XVIII century was portrait.
The royal persons rarely posed personally for artists; many painters painted using the works created by renowned craftsmen. Sometimes there were a few of such samples. One of the most popular equestrian portraits of the Emperor was Peter the Great in Poltava Battle of the artist Johann Gottfried Tannauer.
The royal persons rarely posed personally for artists; many painters painted using the works created by renowned craftsmen. Sometimes there were a few of such samples. One of the most popular equestrian portraits of the Emperor was Peter the Great in Poltava Battle of the artist Johann Gottfried Tannauer.