Bogdan Willewalde

Bogdan Pavlovich Willewalde was a Russian artist, academic, emeritus Professor of military art, and a fellow of the Imperial Academy of Arts.

Bogdan Willewalde was born in Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg on January 12, 1819, in a noble family of Bavarian origin. From childhood, he was acquainted with and a playmate of the Russian Grand Dukes and intimately connected to the Imperial family and its official hierarchy.

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