Dmitry Levitzky1735–1822Портрет А.П.Мельгунова
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- Ultimo cambio di stato
- Fonte
- Il museo
Sul dipinto
Con le parole del museo — in russo
поясной; сидит в полоборота влево, голова 3/4, в пудреном гладком парике, белом галстуке с жабо, в светло-синем кафтане с черными отворотами и воротником; во Владимирской ленте, с Андреевской и Владимирской звездами и орденом Анны на шее; левой рукой оперся о подлокотник, согнутую правую приподнял; фон - лиловая драпировка, слева в просвете фрагмент пейзажа.
Pavlovsk Museum-Preserve
Scheda
- Numero di inventario
- ЦХ-2224-III
In catalogo
Fonti
- Il Catalogo statale del fondo museale della Russia
- Immagine: Pavlovsk Museum-Preserve — © ГМЗ «Павловск» · Госкаталог музейного фонда РФ
Nella vita di Dmitry Levitzky
Tutta la vita1756–1822 · 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.
1786 · Carriera
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."
