Nikolay Yusupov

Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov (Russian Николай Борисович Юсупов, scientific transliteration Nikolai Yusupov Borisovic; * 1750, † 1831 in Archangelskoje in Moscow) was a Russian Prince ( Knyaz ) and statesman who attained also as an art collector and patron - awareness.

Life

Nikolai Yusupov was the eldest son of the Prince and the Moscow Governor Boris Grigoryevich Yusupov. He ruled as early as the teenage years five foreign languages ​​and began his career in government service in 1783 to a diplomat. In this role, Nikolai Yusupov was the time of his life also had a passion for art, including Russian ambassador in Italy. There, he succeeded Pope Pius VI at. to obtain a license for the reproduction of Raphael loggias for the St. Petersburg Hermitage. From 1788 Yusupov was a member of the Imperial Russian Governing Senate and 1796 real State.

From 1810 until his death was Yusupov owner of the estate Archangelskoje west of Moscow near the present town of Krasnogorsk. There he presented from the data collected by him feats were a total of only about 600 paintings in Jussupows possession. Yusupov was in the early 19th century as one of the wealthiest citizens of Russia and was friends with several well-known artists, including the poet Alexander Pushkin, who even dedicated a poem to him. Rumor Yusupov also had a love affair with the Empress Catherine II.

The estate Archangelskoje, which was sometimes referred to due to the settings made in Yusupov Neoclassic magnificent reconstruction as " the Moscow Versailles " is preserved to this day and is run as a museum. Large parts of the stocks from Jussupows art collection are exhibited in the most prestigious art museums in Russia ( including the Hermitage in St. Petersburg and in Moscow's Pushkin Museum ).