Adolf Ignatevich Ladurner

Francois Joseph Marie, Comte Clary (1786–1841);

Duc De Roquefort (this and the above line of provenance, according to a label on the reverse).

Adolf Ignatevich Ladurner (1798–1855) was a French-born painter of Tyrolean descent, renowned for his military scenes and portraits that bridged the artistic traditions of France and Russia in the 19th-century. Born in Paris in 1798, he was the son of the composer Ignaz Anton Ladurner and violinist Agathe Victoire Magnier de Gondreville. Ladurner received his artistic training in Paris under the tutelage of Horace Vernet (1789–1863) and exhibited regularly at the Salon between 1824 and 1827. In 1830, Ladurner relocated to St Petersburg, where he swiftly gained the patronage of Emperor Nicholas I (1796–1855), earning significant acclaim for his meticulous depictions of military parades, camp scenes, and the diverse uniforms of the Russian army. In recognition of his work, the Imperial Academy of Arts appointed him as an academician in 1836 and later as a professor in 1840. Among his notable works is his monumental The Celebration of the Opening of the Alexander Column, in The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.¹

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