2-548-731 - © Fine Art Images/Heritage Images

'Portrait of Count Boris Sheremetev', 1760. Boris Sheremetev (1652-1719) was a Russian diplomat and soldier during the reign of Peter the Great. He commanded the Russian army during the Great Northern War, fought between Russia and Sweden and its allies from 1700 until 1721. Found in the collection of the State Museum of Ceramics and Country estate of 18th century, Kuskovo, Moscow.