Portrait of Pyotr M. Volkonsky
by DAWE, George, Oil on canvas, 70 x 63 cm
This painting belongs to the 1812 War Gallery in the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg.
Prince Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky (1776-1852) was a Russian military commander, General-Field Marshal (1843), Adjutant General to Alexander I, member of the State Council (1821). He commanded the Russian troops in the Battle of Austerlitz.