# Equestrian Portrait of Alexander I [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [KRÜGER, Franz]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 484 x 344 cm ## Commentary Equestrian Portrait of Alexander I 1837 Oil on canvas, 484 x 344 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg Alexander I of Russia \(1777-1825\), served as Emperor of Russia from 1801-1825. He was the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825, and also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania. Franz Krüger was a favourite at the Russian court. His paintings were such successes in St. Petersburg that the artist was awarded a diamond-sprangled snuffbox and an invitation to Russia. In 1832 Krüger embarked on a large equestrian portrait of Alexander I that was intended to replace Dawe's work in the Gallery of 1812, which many found to be a poor likeness. The portrait took five years to complete and still adorns the gallery today. ## Related artworks - [Equestrian Portrait of Frederick William III]() - [Hermann Fürst von Pückler-Muskau in Prussian Uniform]() - [Parade at the Opernplatz]() - [Portrait of Alexander Arkadyevich Suvorov]() - [Portrait of Emperor Nicholas I]() - [Portrait of Prince Pyotr Volkonsky]() - [Prince Augustus of Prussia]() - [Two Cuirassiers from the Regiment of Czar Nicholas I]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()