Portrait of Catherine II the Legislatress in the Temple Devoted to the Godess of Justice

1756–1822 · Luogo di lavoro

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.