Nicolas Chevalier 1828-1902
Signed and dated 1900
Nicholas Chevalier (May 9, 1828 – March 15, 1902) was a Russian painter.
Chevalier was born in Sint Petersburg, Russia, as the son of Louis Chevalier, who hailed from Vaud, Switzerland, and was overseer of the estates of the Prince de Wittgenstein in Russia. Nicholas's mother was Russian. Nicholas left Russia with his father in 1845 and studied painting and architecture in Lausanne, Switzerland, and in Munich.