The Military Gallery of 1812
The Military Gallery of 1812 was created by Carlo Rossi in
1826 in commemoration of Russian arms in the Napoleonic Wars.
On the walls hang 332 portraits of the generals who were heroes
of the 1812 War and campaign of 1813-1814. These portraits were
created by the British artist George Dawe with the participation
of Russian artists Alexander Polyakov and Wilhelm Golike. At the
short ends of the Gallery hang equestrian portraits of Emperor
Alexander I and his ally in the war with Napoleon, Frederick-William
III of Prussia (both by Franz Kruger), and of the Austrian Emperor
Francis I (Peter Krafft). Formal portraits of General-Fieldmarshals
Mikhail Kutuzov and Mikhail Barclay de Tolly are hung on the sides
of the door leading to the St. George Hall (Large Throne Hall).
