Dmitry Levitzky1735–1822Портрет графа И.А.Игельстрома
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Портрет графа И.А.Игельстрома” now? Collection: Pavlovsk Museum-Preserve, Saint Petersburg. Unknown.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Museum text in Russian
поясной, 3/4 вправо, голова прямо, в белом гладком парике с буклями, белом галстуке с жабо, в зеленом мундире с красным отложным воротником, отворотами и жилетом; на плечах оливковый плащ, подбитый лиловым, во Владимирской ленте, с Андреевской и Владимирской звездами; правой рукой оперся о трость, левой подбоченился; фон темно-серый.
Pavlovsk Museum-Preserve
Details
- Accession number
- ЦХ-2218-III
In the catalog
Sources
- The State Catalogue of the Museum Fund of Russia
- Image: Pavlovsk Museum-Preserve — © ГМЗ «Павловск» · Госкаталог музейного фонда РФ
In the life of Dmitry Levitzky
The whole life1756–1822 · Workplace
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 · Career
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."
