Pyotr Zakharov-Chechenets (1816-1852) was educated at the Academy of
Arts in St Petersburg. A child of three, orphaned when his native village of
Dadi Yurt was taken by Russian troops, General Pyotr Yermolov, became his
foster father. With brilliant artistic endowments, Pyotr studied art since
childhood.
He graduated in 1836 to become a prolific painter and
participate in many exhibitions. The portrait of General Alexei Yermolov, the
conqueror of the Caucasus and Zakharov’s foster brother, and a self-portrait
are the best-known of his works.
Pictured above a 1836 painting by Mikhail Scotti: "The Armenian Nersesov and the Chechen
Zakharov", portraying the artist with a beret like hat not unsimilar to a Spanish Carlist beret with tassel.
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