This mysterious Russian admiral?

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Recently (29 October 2010) in a Western auction was sold to "half-length portrait Russian admiral, with rod in hand, against the backdrop of Korab and strength." Oil on canvas, unframed. Size 52.1 H68, 6 cm
Experts have suggested that the author belongs to a circle artist Georg Desmarees (Swedish, 1697-1776)

Painting sold for £ 9,375 ($ 14,925)
Estimate £ 1,500 - £ 2,500 ($ 2,369 - $ 3,948). Strong likelihood that the painting was purchased for the Russian market.

When I talked about painting one of his acquaintances, a connoisseur of Russian painting, he said that everything is a long time and found that izobazhenny, in fact, the generation of the admiral, Prince Mikhail Golitsyn (1684 -1764). At first I agreed with the conclusion, but then hesitated, very much confused me age of the image when I looked at the portrait of Prince Golitsyn, MM (1684 -1764), the work of Russian artist Ivan Kharlamov. 1763 Prince had already had behind him more than 70 to rejuvenate himself.
I had to dig in the archives and select a more appropriate model. Portrait of Pavel Petrovich with a black boy. Oil on canvas. Stefano TORELLI (1712-1780).
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