The artist is unknown
Copy from the picture written by Karlovige Christine (1768, Tomsk Okhm).
Orlov Grigory Grigoryevich (1734–1783)-Count (1762), Serene Prince (1772), Fieldsaim General (1765), Favorite of Catherine II. The second of the five brothers of the Orlovs, a participant in the palace coup 1762. He began the service in the Life Guards of the Semenovsky regiment, participated in the seven-year war, was wounded in the battle of Tsornorf (1758). In 1759 transferred to St. Petersburg to the artillery regiment. In 1760 adjutant n.And. Shuvalova. In 1762, the tsalmaster of the office of the main artillery and fortification, in 1765, its primary prey. President of the Office of the Guardianship of Foreign Affairs (1763–1782). President of the Free Economic Society (1765–1783). Member of the Council at the highest court (from 1769). Cavalier of the orders of St. Anna, St. Alexander Nevsky (1762), St. Andrew the First -Called (1763), St. Vladimir 1st degree (1782).
Favorite of Catherine II is depicted in red camisole with black lapels over a yellow vest with silver buttons, its chest is decorated with a muaro blue ribbon and star of the Order of St. Andrew the First -Called, as well as a miniature portrait of the empress in a diamond frame.
Catherine the Great in the country and the world. SPb, 2017. With. 131.
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