Ivan Nikitin was the favorite artist of Peter the Great. He was born in the family of a clergyman. He was educated initially in the Moscow State Armory and in the engraving workshop of Dutch artist, A. Schonbeck. In 1711, he was transferred to St. Petersburg and was appointed a court painter. His known works of that period are
Portrait of Tzarevna Praskovya Ivanovna (1714),...
1714. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
Not later than 1716. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
1717. Oil on canvas. The Financial Department of Florence, Italy. Read Note.
1717. Oil on canvas. The Financial Department of Florence, Italy. Read Note.
1720s. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
1720s. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
1720s. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1726. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
Russian Art of Peter I the Great Period. Leningrad. 1990.
Russian Portrait of the 18th and 19th centuries in Russian Museums. Moscow. 1976.