Portrait of Grand Prince Konstantin Pavlovich
by BOROVIKOVSKY, Vladimir Lukich, Oil on canvas
Grand Prince Konstantin Pavlovich (1779-1831) was the second son of Emperor Pavel I. He participated in the Italian and Swiss campaigns under A. V. Suvorov (1799), and wars with Emperor Napoleon (1805, 1806-07, 1812-14). From 1814 was Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Army, from 1826 acted as Governor General of the Kingdom of Poland.