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Louis Caravaque, a French portrait painter, was a native of Gascony. He went to Russia, and in 1716 painted at Astrakhan the portrait of Peter the Great, which has been engraved by Massard and by Langlois. He again painted the Czar in 1723, and subsequently the Empresses Anne and Elizabeth. He died in Russia in 1752.
Portrait of a boy. Was att. as Peter III or Peter II's portrait, possibly Elizabeth in men's dress
ca. 1745(1745)
Oil on canvas
135 x 89 cm (53.1 x 35 in)
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