This portrait is painted in Paris. The artist came there in early April 1822, this can be inferred from a letter sent from Paris by his friend, the architect F. F. Elson.
Another letter from the same Elson, dated August 18, 1822, speaks of the success enjoyed by Kiprensky’s work at the Paris exhibition. And more: “… He paints portraits very well here with pencil, he made Rostopchin, Orlov, Guriev, you know how skillfully he uses a pencil.”
Related Paintings
Portrait de M. F. Orlov – Orest Kiprensky 
Retrato de M. F. Orlov – Orest Kiprensky 
Portrait of E. P. Rastopchina by Orest of Kiprensky 
Portrait of actress ES Semenova by Orest Kiprensky 
Portrait de E. P. Rastopchina – Orest Kiprensky 
Portrait of FV Rastopchin by Orest of Kiprensky 
Portrait of E. G. Gagarin in his childhood by Orest Kiprensky 
Portrait of A. Tomilov in the form of a military militiaman by Orest Kiprensky