The painting was dated based on the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called that Tolstoy received in February 1718, for his contribution to the return of Tsarevich Alexis Petrovich to Russia.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Georg_Gsell" class="extiw" title="w:en:Georg Gsell"><span title="Swiss artist (1673-1740)">Georg Gsell</span></a>
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between 1717 and 1729 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1717-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1729-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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