Levitsky D. G. Portrait of the Writer Alexander Khrapovitsky

Levitsky D. G.

1735, Kiev - 1822, St Petersburg

Portrait of the Writer Alexander Khrapovitsky

1781

oil on canvas. 60,5 х 49
Ж-4994
Пост. в 1897 из собр. князя А. Б.Лобанова-Ростовского (Санкт-Петербург); ранее (с 1831) - собр. С. В. и В. В. Ланских (Санкт-Петербург); с 1827 - собр. В. С.Ланского (Санкт-Петербург); с 1796 - ИЭ; личные комнаты Екатерины II в Зимнем дворце

Location in museum The Mikhailovsky Palace Open the panorama of the hall in the virtual tour
Room 10
Period 18th century
CategoryPortrait
Keywords The Epoch of Catherine the Great (1762-1796) | male portrait | portraits of courtiers | writers, poets | cultural figures | Aristocrats | male costume | Collection of Alexei Lobanov-Rostovsky | Russian Museum by Pavel Svinin
Virtual exhibitions and 3d-tours
- Diaghilev. Beginning
- For the Glory of the Fatherland
- Catherine the Great in Russia and Beyond
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Khrapovitsky Aleksandr Vasilyevich (1749–1801) – a writer. He graduated from the Overland Gentry Corps, from a young age he was fond of literature. He was acquainted with M.V. Lomonosov. Khrapovitsky Aleksandr Vasilyevich was a friend of G.R. Derzhavin. From 1782 to 1793 he was the State Secretary of Catherine II. Since 1793 he was a senator. Mason. The author of the well-known "Memorandum Pads".

Khrapovitsky is depicted with the Order of St. Vladimir. He received the Order of St. Vladimir of the 3rd Class in 1783, and 2nd Class – in 1785.

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