Orest Kiprensky

Name

Orest Kiprensky

Life Dates

1782 - 1836

Country

Russia

Movement

Romanticism

Orest Kiprensky Biography

Orest Kiprensky was one of Russia's leading painters of the first half of the XIX century, who also achieved international recognition. His self-portrait was placed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence along with the portraits of the worlds' greatest masters. It is believed that Orest Kiprensky was an illegitimate son of the landowner Alexey Dyakonov and one of his serfs. Orest was born on the 24th of March, 1782, in the village Koporye, near St. Petersburg on a grange, owned by his father. He was raised in the family of Adam Shvalber, a serf.

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Orest Kiprensky 63 Most Important Paintings and Artworks

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  Portrait Of A. K. Shvalber.
  

  1804. Oil on wood. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.

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  Self-Portrait With Brushes.
  

  1804. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

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  Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy After The Kulikov Battle.
  

  1805. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.

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  Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy After The Kulikov Battle. Detail.
  

  1805. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.

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  Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy After The Kulikov Battle. Detail.
  

  1805. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.

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  Madonna With The Child (Icon Painted For The Kazan Cathedral).
  

  1807. Oil on wood. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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  Portrait Of The Princess A. V. Scherbatova.
  

  c.1808. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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  Portrait Of The Prince P. P. Scherbatov.
  

  c.1808. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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  Portrait Of A. I. Korsakov.
  

  c.1808. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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  Portrait Of A. R. Tomilov.
  

  1808. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.

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  Portrait Of A. A. Chelischev.
  

  c. 1809. Oil on wood. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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  Portrait Of A. I. Kusov.
  

  1809. Oil on wood. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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  Portrait Of A. V. Davydov.
  

  1809. Italian pencil, chalk on paper. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

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  Portrait Of Mme Preice?.
  

  1809. Italian pencil, chalk on paper. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

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  Portrait Of Count V. A. Perovsky In Xvii Century Spanish Costume.
  

  1809. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.

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  Portrait Of F. B. Rostopchin.
  

  1809. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.

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  Portrait Of Countess C. P. Rostopchina.
  

  1809. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.

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  Portrait Of D. V.(?) Davydov.
  

  1809. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.

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  Self-Portrait In A Pink Neck-Tie.
  

  1809. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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  Portrait Of N. S. Mosolov.
  

  1811. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.