Nikolay Yusupov
Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov (Russian: Князь Никола́й Бори́сович Юсу́пов; 26 October [O.S. 15 October] 1750 – 15 July 1831) was a Russian nobleman and art collector of the House of Yusupov.
Biography
He was the eldest son of Prince Boris Grigoryevich Yusupov (1695-1759). He served as a senator (from 1788), diplomat (from 1783 to 1789), Actual Civil Councillor (from 1796), Minister of State Properties (1800–16), a member of the Council of State (from 1823) and Director of Imperial Theatres (1791-1796) under a series of sovereigns, including Catherine the Great, Paul I and Alexander I. He later also served as director of the Hermitage (in 1797), the Kremlin Armoury (date unknown) and the state porcelain and glass factories (c.1792).
A patron of the arts and a keen traveller, he spoke five languages and corresponded with
Yusupov collected for himself alongside collecting for the tsars, and thus his own collection of paintings and
In 1810 Yusupov bought
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Rembrandt. Lady with an Ostrich-Feather Fan.
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Claude Lorraine. The Rape of Europe
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Correggio. Portrait of a Lady
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Antony and Cleopatra.
Marriage and issue
In 1793 Nikolai married
- Nikolai
- Boris
Ancestry
Patrilineal descent
Patrilineal descent[1] |
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Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov's patriline is the line from which he is descended father to son.
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References
- Project MUSE. Archived from the originalon 2019-08-18. Retrieved 2019-10-03.