By the same years, when D. G. Levitsky, at the apogee of his creative uplift, worked on the images of Smolensk, are the first survivors of the master in the

Levitsky always valued in the front portrait the opportunity to show the greatness of a man, to extol his public virtues. The hero of this portrait is not just a

Levitsky was a wonderful master of both ceremonial and intimate portrait. His brilliant abilities allowed him to enrich the artistic traditions established in the 18th century with new creative findings.

The portrait belongs to a series of portraits of Smolyanok – pupils of the Smolny Institute of noble maidens, written by the artist on the order of Empress Catherine II.

The order for the portrait of N. A. Sezemov came from the president of the Academy of Arts, I. I. Betsky, a confidant of Catherine II. Nikifor Artemyevich Sezemov was

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. Molchanova

“Smolyanka” Catherine Nelidova captured in her best role – the servants of the Serbians from the Pergolesi opera “The Maid – Mistress”, which describes how a clever maid managed to

In the portrait Molchanova space is built with the help of two oncoming diagonals. The role of the first is performed by an illuminated figure of a girl sitting in

One of the best of D. Levitsky’s masterpieces, of course, is the “Portrait of G. K. Levitsky”. Why did the question mark appear in the name of G. K. Levitsky,

To what has already been said about the portrait of G. I. Alymova, the following can be added: as in the portrait of Levshina, the artist pays special attention to

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. The

D. G. Levitsky wrote this portrait by order of Catherine II Lanskaya Alexander Dmitrievich, the favorite of Catherine II, lieutenant-general, adjutant-general, real chamberlain. The son of a poor Smolensk landowner