Like many people from the Empress’s inner circle, Vasily Dolgorukov began his activities even under the father of Elizabeth Petrovna, Peter I. He served in the Preobrazhensky regiment, and already
Horse portrait of Elizabeth Petrovna with a butterfly by Georg Khristofor Groot
“Equestrian portrait of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna with Arapchonka”, performed by Groot in the year of his appearance in St. Petersburg, is an excellent work, showing how deserved was his rapid