Portrait of Nikolai Lvov Dmitry Levitsky (Levitzky) (1735-1822)
Dmitry Levitsky – Portrait of Nikolai Lvov
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Painter: Dmitry Levitsky (Levitzky)
Location: The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow (Государственная Третьяковская галерея).
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The mastery of the artist manifested itself in portrait art, and he is known not only for ceremonial, but also for chamber images in which all the details were of great importance: clothing, location in space, pose, surroundings, facial expression, gaze, even background. However, the portrait painter was not a formalist and often deviated from the rules of the genre in order to show in addition to the gala and spectacular external side of the man his soul, affections and humanity. In the portrait of the famous architect, poet, musician and a great friend of the artist N.
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Description of Dmitry Levitsky’s painting "Portrait of N. A. Lvov" (1789)
The mastery of the artist manifested itself in portrait art, and he is known not only for ceremonial, but also for chamber images in which all the details were of great importance: clothing, location in space, pose, surroundings, facial expression, gaze, even background. However, the portrait painter was not a formalist and often deviated from the rules of the genre in order to show in addition to the gala and spectacular external side of the man his soul, affections and humanity.
In the portrait of the famous architect, poet, musician and a great friend of the artist N. Lvov looks modest and at the same time noble and spiritual, all this is achieved by the painter’s artistic solution. Each portrait painted by Levitsky is individual. The artist focused on studying the unique features of the person he reproduces. Means of exposure, coloring, lighting of the character on his canvases are always conditioned by the content of the image. The portrait depicts a quiet, self-assured man wearing an ordinary blue surcoat without any solemn regalia, but tailored according to fashion and quite new, with a white shirt decorated with a crimped jabot and a bow tie to match.
A clean-shaven face of a noble skin tone, framed by a lush, fashionable hairdo of dark hair, stands out brightly against the dark background. The calm, intelligent eyes stand out on the face, with their gaze directed directly at the viewers. This look cannot be called haughty or proud, it is simply human, participatory and a little weary.
The author does not deviate on trifles, he shows his spectators a prominent exponent of the ideas of the Russian Enlightenment. The balanced architectonics, mature coloring, and the lighting that accentuates Lvov’s face are typical features of the portrait, reproducing the image of a remarkable man - active, enterprising, intelligent, abundantly endowed with all kinds of abilities, marked by dignity and self-respect, free and independent at heart.
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