Dmitry Levitzky1735–1822Портрет И. И. Гауфа
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Yes, on view now
Where is “Портрет И. И. Гауфа” now? State Russian Museum, Mikhaylovskiy dvorets, Zal 10. D. G. Levitskiy, F. I. Shubin, Saint Petersburg. Yes, on view now. Checked September 28, 2026.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
RoomMikhaylovskiy dvorets, Zal 10. D. G. Levitskiy, F. I. Shubin
Closing soon· until 6:00 PM
On public display.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Museum text in Russian
Гауф (Гоф, Гоуф, Hayff) Иоганн (Иван Иванович) (?–1810) – живописец-реставратор в ИЭ в 1790–1800-е. В 1801 по распоряжению президента ИАХ графа А. С. Строганова был принят в Академию « для обучения воспитанников поправлению и починке испортившихся картин ». Живопись. XVIII век. Каталог. СПб, 1998. С. 115.
State Russian Museum
Details
- Accession number
- Ж-5004
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- State Russian Museum
- Image: State Russian Museum — © State Russian Museum
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.
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."
