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Fyodor Rokotov
(1736 - 1809) was a distinguished Russian painter who specialized in portraits.
Fyodor Rokotov was born into a family of peasant serfs, belonging to the Repnins. Much in his biography is obscure. He studied art in Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts. After buying back his freedom in the end of 1750s he became established as a fashionable painter.
In 1765, Rokotov was elected an Academician, but he did not work as a professor in the Academy long, because it interfered with his painting. He returned to Moscow in 1765, where he lived for the rest of his life. He had a lot of commissions there, becoming one of the best portrait painters of his time.
Among his best-known portraits are Portrait of Alexandra Struyskaya (1772), sometimes called the Russian Mona Lisa and admittedly the most celebrated piece of the 18th-century Russian painting; Portrait of Countess Elisabeth Santi (1785), and Lady in a Pink Dress.
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Painting ID:: 82234
Portrait of an Unknown Woman in a Blue Dress with Yellow Trimmings
Portrait of an Unknown Woman in a Blue Dress with Yellow Trimmings, 1760s. Oil on canvas.
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Painting ID:: 82907
Ahapeebha
Date 1777 xxx
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Painting ID:: 84769
Maria Vorontsova by Rokotov
Maria Vorontsova by Rokotov
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Painting ID:: 85297
Alexandra Struiskaya
Date 1772(1772)
Medium English: Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 86558
Portrait of A.P.Struiskaya
Date 1772(1772)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Height: 59.8 cm (23.5 in). Width: 47.5 cm (18.7 in).
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Fyodor Rokotov
(1736 - 1809) was a distinguished Russian painter who specialized in portraits.
Fyodor Rokotov was born into a family of peasant serfs, belonging to the Repnins. Much in his biography is obscure. He studied art in Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts. After buying back his freedom in the end of 1750s he became established as a fashionable painter.
In 1765, Rokotov was elected an Academician, but he did not work as a professor in the Academy long, because it interfered with his painting. He returned to Moscow in 1765, where he lived for the rest of his life. He had a lot of commissions there, becoming one of the best portrait painters of his time.
Among his best-known portraits are Portrait of Alexandra Struyskaya (1772), sometimes called the Russian Mona Lisa and admittedly the most celebrated piece of the 18th-century Russian painting; Portrait of Countess Elisabeth Santi (1785), and Lady in a Pink Dress.
. Related Artists to Fyodor Rokotov: | Richard Brompton | Salomon Gessner | Meyer, Jeremiah | Jacobus Hendrikus Maris | Max Buri |
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