The artist is Kiprensky
Musin-Pushkin-Brus Vasily Valentinovich (1775 (?) –1836) – count, son of Field Marshal Count in. P. Musina-Pushkin. In 1793 he married the countess E. I AM. Bruce and received permission to annex his wife’s maiden name to his surname. Until 1812 he served in the College of Foreign Affairs. Acting chamberlain, from 1825 to 1836-chief-dry. Member of several Masonic lodges. Maecenas. Chairman of the OPX. Depicted with the Order of St. Anna 1st degree (star; 1806).
Portrait Gallery of the Russian Museum. Persons of Russia. SPb. 2012. With. 101.
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