Lvov Nikolai Alexandrovich.3.1751, Nikolskoye-Cherenchitsa estate, near Torzhok, now Kalinin Oblast, – 21 or 22.12.1803, Moscow), Russian architect and architecture theorist, graphic artist, poet, musician, inventor. Educated mainly self-taught; I studied
Portraits of the Vorontsov couple were created for the family portrait gallery. The portrait of PF Vorontsova is elegant in color: a beautiful golden brown background dominates in it. The
Fedor Grigorievich Orlov, General-in-Chief, One of five brothers who rose to the fore in Catherine II. He was brought up together with his brothers in the Gentry Cadet Corps, still
The portrait of Ursula Mnishek was painted at the zenith of the artist’s skill and fame. The oval was rare in the portrait practice of DG Levitsky, however it was
The portrait is executed with masterly skill, marked by vivid expressiveness. The artist psychologically convincingly draws his model. Mark Fedorovich Poltoratsky – the son of the cathedral archpriest from the
The second portrait was written when a young woman turned 21, but she looks older than her years. Fatigue is felt in her eyes, bitterness slips into a smile. It
When creating the portrait, the artist managed to grasp the most essential in the character of the model: irony, secularism and, at the same time, restraint of nature, expressed in
The image of Alexandra Levshina stands somewhat apart in the series of portraits of the Smolnyans, although her portrait was executed with no less skill than all the rest. Levshina
The portraits of the Vorotsov girls, probably created for the family portrait gallery, are recognized as an exceptional phenomenon in Russian art of the 18th century. They amaze with the
The portrait of A. I. Vorontsov, probably the same as the image of his wife, was intended for a family portrait gallery. In the portrait-in-camera portrait, the artist emphasizes the
Novikov Nikolai Ivanovich – the famous public figure. He was born on April 26, 1744 in the village of Avdotyin, in the family of a sufficient landowner; studied in Moscow
Praskovya Vorontsova, the youngest daughter of Count Artemy Ivanovich Vorontsov and Countess Praskovya Fedorovna, nee Kvashnina-Samarina, a student of the Smolny Institute of Noble Maidens, which she graduated with honors.
In the numerous family of the Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich Protasov, she was engaged in the upbringing of the great princesses – his daughters. In the Hermitage there is a
The order for the portrait came from the president of the Academy of Arts, I. I. Betsky, an authorized representative of Catherine II. The recognition of D. G. Levitsky, which
In the portrait of his wife, the artist, following objectivity in the transfer of physical appearance, managed at the same time to highlight the inherent spiritual qualities: kindness and wisdom.
Maria Alekseevna Dyakova – the daughter of the Chief Prosecutor of the Senate, Alexei Afanasyevich Dyakov and Avdotya Petrovna, nee. Princess Myshetskoy. A portrait of Maria Alekseevny Dyakova, imbued with
This canvas gives a particularly good idea about the features of the portrait in the art of classicism, about the allegory and symbolism – the characteristic features of the art
The portrait depicts the brother of the artist, the priest Peter Levitsky. The work was written at the latest stage of the master’s work, when the glory of the largest
The portrait belongs to the series of portraits of Smolyanok – pupils of the Smolny Institute of noble maidens, written by the artist commissioned by the emperors Catherine II. F.
The impetuous, temperamental, full of fire and liveliness of Borschov, it seems only for a moment she stopped before us. The ease of her movements, passion for dance are in
The portraits of the Vorontsov girls, which were probably created for the family portrait gallery, are recognized as an exceptional phenomenon in Russian art of the 18th century. They amaze