Dmitry Levitzky1735–1822Портрет графа О.-М.Штакельберга
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поясной, полуборота влево, голова 3/4, в белом гладком парике с буклями и большим черным бантом, в коричневом кафтане, во Владимирской ленте, с Владимирской и Александровской звездами, сидит, сложа руки на коленях, в правой руке бумага; фон темно-оливковый; слева база колонны.
Pavlovsk Museum-Preserve
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- ЦХ-2219-III
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Imens i livet hos Dmitry Levitzky
Hele livet1756–1822 · Virkested
Saint Petersburg
1771–1788
Head of the Academy's Portrait Class
From 1771 he taught at the Academy of Arts and headed its portrait class for seventeen years; he retired in 1788.
1773–1778
Commissions from Empress Catherine II
Levitzky's name appears repeatedly in the empress's personal accounts: 1,000 rubles for two portraits of her (1773), 800 rubles for a portrait of the Prussian king, and 1,000 rubles for a large portrait of Catherine II (1778) — enormous sums for the time.
1786 · Karriere
the Council of the Academy of Arts
He was elected a member of the council of the Imperial Academy of Arts.
late 1790s
Failing Eyesight
In the late 1790s Levitzky's eyesight began to fail, and he came to paint only rarely.
late 1797
Initiation into Freemasonry
At the end of 1797 he was initiated by A. F. Labzin into the first three Masonic degrees on the recommendation of N. I. Novikov; he then belonged to Labzin's St. Petersburg lodge, "The Dying Sphinx."
