Creativity Dmitry Levitsky

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Levitsky, make copies, as an example - for his life, he wrote no less than twenty-two images of Catherine II, Empress but not so favored webmaster to pose for him. In any case, researchers do not have any written evidence of this. The artist reproduces the image of the queen with the work of other portrait painters. For example, in 1782, creating another portrait of the Empress, he used the "Portrait of Catherine II in front of the mirror" Vigilius Erichsen.

In 1790-ies Levitsky wrote a huge amount of custom portraits of an official nature. This illustrious generals Catherine Wars Knights of the Order of St.. Vladimir - Vladimir Rumyantsev Transdanubia, A. Suvorov, P. Zavadovsky, NV Repnin, SK Greig, IL Golenishchev-Kutuzov, VP Konovnitsyn; prominent diplomats and advisers of Catherine II - S. Vorontsov, PV Bakunin-less, Igor Shuvalov, GA Potemkin, AA Bezborodko.