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KARAVAK Louis

1684, Marseille - 1754, St. Petersburg

Painter, portraitist, designer, miniaturist, graphic artist. Member of the third generation of French painters working in Marseilles and Tulon. Invited to Russia by Peter the Great (1715). Lived and worked in St Petersburg (from 1716). Painted portraits of Peter the Great and members of the Imperial family. Painted murals and headed painting work in Peterhof and in the Summer Palace in St Petersburg. Compiled festival projects for the Imperial court. Court artist with an exclusive right to paint Imperial portraits during the reign of Empress Anna Ioannovna (1730-1740) and Empress Elizabeth Petrovna (1741-1761). Taught painting to Ivan Vishnyakov, Alexei Antropov and Mikhail Zakharov.

Collection of the Russian Museum
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Portrait of Tsarevna Catherine Ioannovna
Karavak L. (?)
Portrait of Tsarevna Catherine Ioannovna
Mid-1710s
Potrait of Tsarevna Elizabeth Petrovna in Childhood
Karavak L.
Potrait of Tsarevna Elizabeth Petrovna in Childhood
Second half of the 1710s
Portrait of Catherine I in a Peignoir
Karavak L.
Portrait of Catherine I in a Peignoir
First half of the 1720s
Portrait of Tsar Peter I
Karavak L.
Portrait of Tsar Peter I
1717
Portrait of Tsarevna Anna Petrovna and Tsarevna Elizabeth Petrovna
Karavak L.
Portrait of Tsarevna Anna Petrovna and Tsarevna Elizabeth Petrovna
1717
Portrait of Peter I
Karavak L.
Portrait of Peter I
Late 1717
Portrait of Tsesarevna Natalia Petrovna
Karavak L.
Portrait of Tsesarevna Natalia Petrovna
1721
Portrait of Tsesarevna Elizabeth Petrovna
Karavak L.
Portrait of Tsesarevna Elizabeth Petrovna
1724 (?)
Portrait of a Boy in Hunting Attire
Karavak L.
Portrait of a Boy in Hunting Attire
End of 1720 - beginning of 1730
Portrait of Regent Anna Leopoldovna
Karavak L.
Portrait of Regent Anna Leopoldovna
1740
Portrait of Empress Elizabeth I Petrovna
Karavak L.
Portrait of Empress Elizabeth I Petrovna
Portrait of Empress Elizabeth I Petrovna in a Black Masquerade Domino with Mask in her Hand
Karavak L.
Portrait of Empress Elizabeth I Petrovna in a Black Masquerade Domino with Mask in her Hand
Other museums
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Total: 4
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Portrait of Tsarevich Peter Petrovich as a Cupid
Karavak L.
Portrait of Tsarevich Peter Petrovich as a Cupid
STG
Portrait of Peter Alexeyevich and Tsarevna Natalia Alexeyevna in Their Youth as Apollo and Diana
Karavak L.
Portrait of Peter Alexeyevich and Tsarevna Natalia Alexeyevna in Their Youth as Apollo and Diana
1721
STG
Peter I on His Death Bed
Karavak L.
Peter I on His Death Bed
1725
State Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Portrait of Tsesarevna Anna Petrovna
Karavak L.
Portrait of Tsesarevna Anna Petrovna
1725
STG
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