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1735–1822

A portrait painter, also painted icons. Dmitry Grigorievich Levitsky came from an old Cossack family. His teachers were his father G.K. Levitsky who was a clergyman and an engraver and later A.P.Antropov who Dmitry met in Kiev where he assisted him in painting the St Andrew’s Cathedral. In 1758 Levitsky followed Antropov to Petersburg where he stayed with the master working as his apprentice. Possibly during this period he also took lessons from L.J.Lagrenais, G.Valeriani, and G.I.Kozlov. In 1762 Antropov and Levitsky took part the preparations for the coronation festivities of Catherine II in Moscow. In 1770 Levitsky presented some portraits at the exhibition held by the Academy of Arts which made his name well-known. That same year he was made a member of the Academy for the portrait of the architect A.F.Kokorinov (now in the State Russian Museum) and in 1771 he began teaching. He was given the portrait class which he headed until 1787. The artist’s creative individuality crystallized in the early 1770s when he painted many portraits of people close to him, which he did with great warmth ("Portrait of M.A. Dyakova",1778). In the 1780s his manner somewhat changed: it acquired more of a certain aloof objectivity ("Portrait of Countess Ursula Mniszek", 1782). As a portrait painter, Levitsky was versatile encompassing all varieties this style of painting from the officially ceremonial to the modest chamber portrait (compare the "Portrait of P.A. Demidov", 1773; the "Catherine II as Lawgiver in the Temple of the Goddess of Justic", early 1780s ; "Portrait of M.A. Dyakova", 1778; "Portrait of Countess Ursula Mniszek", 1782). Levitsky was an artist who most fully and consistently reflected in his work, the epoch of enlightenment in Russia. In 1788 he retired from service. In 1807 he tried to return to the Academy, but unfortunately he began to lose his eyesight. He died in Petersburg and was buried at the Smolensky cemetery.

Portrait of N.A.Sezemov

1770
oil on canvas
131 х 106
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

Portrait of the Vice Chancellor A.M.Golitsyn

1772
oil on canvas
126,6 x 102,5
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

Portrait of Procope Demidov

1773
oil on canvas
222,6 x 166
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

Portrait of M.I.Mordvinov

1778
oil on canvas
63,5 x 50
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

Portrait of Maria Dyakova

1778
oil on canvas
61 x 50
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

Portrait of Yakov Sivers

1779
oil on canvas
83 x 68,5
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

Portrait of a Clergyman (Grigiry Levitsky?)

1779
oil on canvas
71,2 х 58

Portrait of Maria Lvova

1781
oil on canvas
63 x 49 (oval)
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

Portrait of P.V.Bakunin

1782
oil on canvas
62 x 49,6
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

Portrait of E.A.Bakunina

1782
oil on canvas
63 x 49,7
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

Portait of Anna Davia-Bernuzzi

1782
oil on canvas
82 x 67,5
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

Portrait of Countess Ursula Mniszek

1782
oil on canvas
72 x 57 (oval)
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

Portrait of the Artist's Daughter Agafia Levitskaya

1785
oil on canvas
118 х 90
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

Portrait of Grand Duke Aleksandr Pavlovitch as a Child

1787
oil on canvas
60,5 х 50
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

Portrait of F.P. Makerovsky in a Masquerade Costume

1789
oil on canvas
116,7 x 89
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

Portrait of N.A.Lvov

1789
oil on canvas
61,5 x 50
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

Portrait of Duke Grigory Dolgorukov

1790s
oil on canvas
61,5 x 49,5
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

Portrait of I.I.Dmitriev

1790s
oil on canvas
62,1 x 49
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

Portrait of Nikolay Novikov

1797
oil on canvas
59,7 x 47,6
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

Portrait of I.V.Lopukhin

1803-1804
oil on canvas
66 x 54
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

Portrait of a Clergyman Petr Levitsky

1812
oil on canvas
72 х 58

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

Early 1780s
oil on canvas
110 x 76,8
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

Portrait of A.V.Khrapovitsky

undated
oil on canvas
58,5 x 48,3
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

Portrait of Unknown Old Man with a Boy

undated
oil on canvas
67,5 x 53,2
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

Portrait of Unknown Member of the Saltykov Family

undated
oil on canvas
86,5 x 70
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 5

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Levitsky, Dmitry Grigorievich