Bernshtam, Leopold Adolfovich, is a sculptor-portraitist. He was born in 1859 in Riga, studied first at the sculpture professor D. I. Jensen, then attended the drawing school of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts in St. Petersburg. and classes of the Imperial Academy of Arts. Since 1885, Mr.. lives in Paris and is in charge of the artistic part in the Greven Museum.
His fame was created by busts of portraits of representatives of literature, science and art: in Russia – Pushkin, Fonvizin, Dostoevsky, Goncharov, AG Rubinshtein, etc.; in France – Flaubert, Renan, Zola, Koppe, Ambroise Tom, Halevy, and others.
Related Paintings 
Tamer de serpientes – Leopold Bershtam 
Dompteur de serpents – Léopold Bershtam 
Lacroix Island Rouen by Camille Pissarro 
Portrait of Emperor Joseph II and Leopold of Tuscany by Pompeo Batoni 
Portrait of Prince IA Gagarin by Orest of Kiprensky 
Portrait de l’empereur Joseph II et de Léopold de Toscane – Pompeo Batoni 
Portrait of PA Kikin by Karl Bryullov 
Nicholas I by Peter Klodt
Tamer de serpientes – Leopold Bershtam Dompteur de serpents – Léopold Bershtam Lacroix Island Rouen by Camille Pissarro Portrait of Emperor Joseph II and Leopold of Tuscany by Pompeo Batoni Portrait of Prince IA Gagarin by Orest of Kiprensky Portrait de l’empereur Joseph II et de Léopold de Toscane – Pompeo Batoni Portrait of PA Kikin by Karl Bryullov Nicholas I by Peter Klodt