Featured 19th century portrait.

Well, at least I got my eyes to see the 4 in 1847.

 

Painting doesn't offer any clues as to sitter beyond the fact that he was a man of means. Here's an 1830 sitter in similar attire. Note his coat has braiding, a decorative touch not unsimilar to the tassel in the OP's painting.

Debora

 

One post too early on previous page.

 

Was there any clue as to artist?

 

Identified as below on the Pinterest "Fur in Art" board.

https://www.pinterest.com/bruschilaura/fur-in-art/

"Oil painting on panel, William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807-1886) by William Robinson (Leeds 1799 - Leeds 1839), circa 1830. Portrait of a young man in black coat with fur collar, in moulded gilt frame."

Debra

 

Surprised that in 1830 the Earl of Enniskillen would still be wearing his hair brushed forward à la Napoleon.

 

He's quite a handsome young man (although handsome is as handsome does.)

Debora

 

https://selfie.cards/61074/photos/albums/14985/645544/

 

Since the poet Andrei Schetnikov seems to have taken a photo of the painting in Ekaterinaberg, is yours a painted copy?

On this page:
https://selfie.cards/61074/photos/albums/14985/645544/
what does it say when you place the mouse over the symbol for 'expand' in the upper right corner?

Edit: You have to scroll down & find the thumbnail of the painting. When you click on that, a page with an enlargement comes up. The additional info is in the upper right corner of that page.

Edit #2: No need to look. We found it is not useful.

 

I have no idea what's going on here.

 

OP has found what appears to be the same painting in a photo on a site that lets people collect pictures into a gallery. This gallery was made by someone named Andrei/Andrey Schetnikov. Unless this is a different one, he's a recognized poet. The theme of the gallery is Ekaterinaberg, so presumably he saw the painting there. However, if there's any info identifying the sitter or painter, I couldn't catch it. There's an icon that gives some more words when you mouse over it, but it does not stay on the screen when you move the mouse away. Since I am dependent on IM Translator for Russian, I couldn't read it or get it translated. This is what I'm asking SSlava to do. If the painting is in Ekaterinaberg, the one we are looking at is a copy. It is/was not uncommon for developing painters to improve their skills by faithfully copying the work of masters. If this is not an original, it may not matter so much who painted it.

French was used by upper crust Russians. @SSlava does the surname make any sense if you look at it as being written in Cyrillic?

 

That's so interesting. I would venture one is a copy of the other. Example the ears, for instance. The linked painting shows them with greater finesse.

Debora

 

@Figtree3 Can you help with this?

 

Now that I understand what's happening, I agree that the piece here is a copy of the linked piece.

Or the student surpassed the master.

 

Are you talking about this: Перейти на страницу изображения

If yes, it says "go to image page"

 

But... we still don't know who the sitter was.

Debora