The wig is made from Peter the Great's own hair. The emperor's eyes were executed on golden plates over enamel by the miniaturist Andrey Ovsov. The bust was acquired in 1861 from Princess Odescalchi by Emperor Alexander II for the Peter the Great Gallery in the Winter Palace.
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Portrait of Emperor Peter the Great
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61x51x29 cm
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Entered the Hermitage in 1965; handed over form the Anthropology and Ethnography Museum (the Kunstkammer)
Inventory Number:
ЭРСк-157
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