Collection

Portrait of Jan Mikolaj Chodkiewicz

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Basic information
ID
Ж-4223
Author
unknown
Name
Portrait of Jan Mikolaj Chodkiewicz
Date of creation
18th c.
Technique
oil painting
Material
canvas oil
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
85 x 67.5
Information about author
Author
unknown
Object description
Jan Mikolaj Chodkiewicz (1738–1781) – military and statesman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Adjutant General of the King. He was the son of Adam Tadeusz Chodkiewicz, voivode of Brest-Lithuania, and Ewa of the Czapski family. He was Commander of the Orders of Stanislaus (1764) and the White Eagle (1774). From 1768 the portrait was kept in the Pidhirtsi castle without the name of the portrayed person. Since 1812 the inventory states that the portrait represents Chodkiewicz. The half-length image shows a man in a haughty pose, wearing a uniform with a red ribbon of the Order of St Stanislaus, and a fancy silver wig with curls. A high forehead, big eyes with a piercing gaze, a clear, protruding chin, slightly arched eyebrows suggest an experienced, strong-willed personality.
Portrayed person
The name of the person portrayed
Jan Mikołaj Chodkiewicz
Lifetime of the person portrayed
1738–1781