The artist is Borovikovsky
Fedor Artemyevich Borovsky (1746–1805) – combat general, associate A. AT. Suvorova, m. And. Kutuzova and n. AT. Repnin. In the late 1760s-adjutant in the shelf of yellow hussar. In 1768 he participated in the work of the commission on the composition of the project of the new Code as a representative of the nobility of the Novorossiysk province. Since 1796, the commander of his hussar name of the regiment, standing near Mogilev. In 1797, he was involved in the court for false denunciation, as a result of which he resigned. In March 1798 he was arrested, but soon justified by the verdict of a special commission. While retired, by the nome decree of Paul I received permission to wear a uniform. The artist portrayed General Borovsky in an embroidered hussar uniform with the Order of St. George, who was complained of military merits. He appears to the audience of a brave, brave, but at the same time rather ordinary. This characteristic enters, perhaps, in some disagreement with a common raised tone of the portrait, but most of all serves as evidence of the subtle observation of the author. Energetic turning of the head gives the portrait a well -known pathos.
