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Unknown artist of the second half of the XVIII century Portrait of V.G.Kusov. 1772 Oil on canvas. 96,5 х 78,5 An old inscription on the reverse side of the canvas: сей портретъ писанъ с натуры санктпетербургского купца Василья Григорева сна <...> въ 1772 году в июне мце от рождения ево 43 летъ и:5: мцевъ. Words on the letter on the table: Гдну Федору Iоановичю Птицыну в Москвb. SRM Inv. Ж-3941 Transferred in 1946 from LPC; earlier - in A.Y.Galebskaya collection. Kusov Vasily Grigorievich (1729-1788), St.Petersburg merchant of the 1-st Guild. Was much involved in foreign trade, exported wood, pork fat, hemp fibre, iron to many ports in Germany, France, England and Spain, imported «colonial goods» in return.