Count Eugen Reventlow (1798-1885) and Count Theodor Reventlow (1801-1873) were the children of Danish diplomat and noble Cay Friedrich Reventlow. Eugen was appointed Secretary to the Danish Legation in St. Petersburg in 1823. He remained there until his brother Theodor assumed the position in 1828. As Eleanor Middleton succumbed to illness in 1827, her diary entries likely refer to the elder Reventlow. The portrait in the Album however may be of either brother.
The bust-length portrait presents Count Reventlow facing partly left, eyes looking forward, against a background of grey clouds. The young man wears a blue-black coat with gold buttons, a beige waistcoat, and a white shirt with a black cravat.
Ynglingen
Conrad Ahlefeldt
død på Pederstrup
Aaret 1815
Vare end hans Dage faa
og smilede end Glædens Soel
ikkun sielden til hans ior-
diske Bane tillidsfulde
løfte vi dog det svage Blik
til Gud, til den evigkier-
lige Gud.
Thi han giør Smerte
og forbinder
Han saagiør og hans
Hænder læge
(Job 5.16)
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.jpg "Ahlefeldt, Conrad Ditlev Carl (1795-1815)")
