Vasily Semyonovich Khvostov is a senator, a writer. Entering the service in 1774 in artillery sergeant, he soon left her and volunteered to go to Siberia, where with the rank

Thorvaldsen – one of the greatest sculptors, genus. in Copenhagen on November 19, 1770. His father, an Icelander by birth, was a woodcarver and, wishing to have an assistant in

For this large canvas the Council of the Academy of Arts awarded the artist a great gold medal Prince Dimitry Ivanovich ruled Moscow after 1359g. He united the Russian soldiers

Count Fedor Vasilyevich Rostopchin is a famous Russian statesman. From the age of 10 he was a member of the Life Guards Regiment of the Preobrazhensky Regiment; in 1792 he

Kiprensky develops his own style, when a clear individuality of a particular person is combined with the typical features of the era – “signs of the times”. Therefore, even in

Muravyov Nikita Mikhailovich – participant in the Patriotic War of 1812, captain of the General Staff Guards, member of the “Salvation Union”, “Union of Prosperity” and the Northern Society, one

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, the greatest poet and universal genius of German literature, the author of “Faust” and many other works. OA Kiprensky, returning to Russia, communicated in Marienbad with

A children’s portrait is perhaps the most difficult kind of a picturesque portrait. This task is difficult primarily because the child almost never sits quietly, he is always in motion.

As a model, Kiprensky chose a young teenage girl. She calmly holds a basket of fruits in her hands. Behind her, the viewer recognizes the blue expanse of the Bay

The girl depicted in the portrait is a six-year-old Italian Mariuccia, who took a special place in the life of Kiprensky. This is one of the most unusual love stories.

Alexander Semenovich Shishkov is a writer and statesman. Shishkov enrolled in the Naval Cadet Corps, where he was directed by Ilya L. Kutuzov. In 1771, Mr.. Shishkov went to the

The romantic character of Kiprensky was distinguished by great breadth, the “reckless Orestes” did not want to enclose themselves in any rigid framework – both in life and in creativity.

From ancient times it was customary to draw beauties whose portraits conquered many years of the heart and minds of millions. Not bypassed the complexity of posing and very young

This is the best creation of Kiprensky, a portrait painting, for which he was first known and for which he received the title of academician. The portrait is written in

In 1798 Stepan Stepanovich Apraksin and Ekaterina Vladimirovna Golitsyna had a daughter, Sofya. Of course, nothing was regretted for her education and upbringing. The huge house of the Apaxins’ spouses