Subiect: A portrait of general Paul Demetrius von Kotzebue in the collection of the Brukenthal National Museum from Sibiu
The portrait of Paul Demetrius von Kotzebue (1801-1884), Governor-General of New Russia and Bessarabia (December 12, 1862-1874), was bequeathed to the Brukenthal National Museum in 1982, by Rostislav Kotzebue. The work was
made in 1871, perhaps in Odessa, by Horovich, a painter maybe of Jewish background. As the only actually known painted portrait of P. D. von Kotzebue, it has a special documentary value, increased by its realistic rendering of the physiognomy of the sitter and of the artistʼs skill to catch some elements of his personality, as well as (despite of some licences) in which belongs the orders and the medals which rewarded his merits.
