18th century portrait Grigori Orlov Russia ????? ???????? ??????????? 1797-show original title Condition: --not specified Sold for: EUR 59.99 Gravure XVIIIe exйcutйe en 1797 par Ambroise Tardieu dimensions toute la feuille 20,5x12 centimиtres dimensions au coup de planche 14x8,5 centimиtres petit trou en partie infйrieure ne touchant pas le sujet document authentique et original du XVIIIe siиcle #733 Le comte Grigori Grigorievitch Orlov (йcrit autrefois Orloff) (en russe : ???????? ??????????? ????? ; 17 octobre 1734 - 24 avril 1783) йtait un aristocrate russe, fils de Grigori Orlov, gouverneur de Novgorod. Prince Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov (Russian: ????? ???????? ??????????? ?????; 6 October 1734, Bezhetsky Uyezd – 13 April 1783, Moscow) was a favourite of the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia. He became a leader of the 1762 coup which overthrew Catherine's husband Peter III of Russia and installed Catherine as empress. For some years he was virtually co-ruler with her, but his repeated infidelities and the enmity of Catherine's other advisers led to his fall from power.