ANTOINE JEAN GROS. 1771-1835

91 EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF PRINCE BORIS YUSUPOV. 1809

Oil on canvas. 321 X 266 cm. Inv. No 835 Signed and dated lower left: Gros 1809 The portrait of Boris Yusupov (1794—1849) was commissioned by his father, Nikolai Yusupov, during his stay in Paris. It was modelled on Gros's equestrian portrait of Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, which greatly impressed Yusupov in the Salon of 1808. Provenance: 1809—1924 The Yusupovs Collection, Arkhangelskoye (near Moscow) and St Petersburg — Petrograd; 1924—27 The Hermitage, Leningrad; since 1927 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow Exhibitions: 1936 Paris, Cat. 52; 1955 Moscow, Cat., p. 28

Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 44; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 63; Musee Youssoupoff 1839, No 352; J.-B. Delestre, Gros, sa vie et ses outrages, Paris, 1854, ill. 43; 2nd ed., 1867, p. 273; Dussieux 1856, p. 426; J. Tripier Le Franc, Histoire de la vie et de la mart du baron Gros, Paris, 1880, p. 273; G. Dargenty, Le Baron Gros, Paris — London, 1887, p. 337, ill.; Кат. Юсуповской галереи 1920, No 98; Эрнст 1924, p. 228, ill.; Reau 1929, No 542; Sterling 1957, ill. 52, p. 69; Musee de Moscou 1963, p. 150, ill.

91 EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF PRINCE BORIS YUSUPOV. 1809