Dmitrij Levitskij
(1735–1822) ukrainsk-rysk målare
Dmitrij Levitskij (1735–1822) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Dmitrij Levitskij belongs to the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’ in this site’s history of art.
Dmitrij Levitskij was born in Kyiv and died in Saint Petersburg. Dmitrij Levitskij trained at Imperial Academy of Arts. The teachers included Aleksey Antropov and Grigori Kirillovich Levitzky. Dmitrij Levitskij worked in Kyiv and Saint Petersburg. The students included Vladimir Borovikovsky, Lavrenty Kalinovsky, and Stepan Shchukin.
The works belong mainly to the genres portrait and portrait painting. The catalogue has 58 works by Dmitrij Levitskij with free images. The dated works span the years 1700–1801. Works by Dmitrij Levitskij are held by several collections, among them Ryska museet, Tretjakovgalleriet, Eremitaget, and Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Caspar Wolf, Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié, Marie-Geneviève Navarre, Joseph Ducreux, and Marie-Thérèse Reboul.