Orest Adamovich Kiprensky

Stil: Romanticism;

Placere: Koporye

Født: 1782

død: 1836

Biografi:

Orest Adamovich Kiprensky (Russian: Орест Адамович Кипренский 24 March [O.S. 13 March] 1782-17 October [O.S. 5 October] 1836) was a leading Russian portraitist in the Age of Romanticism. His most familiar work is probably his portrait of Alexander Pushkin (1827), which prompted the poet to remark that "the mirror flatters me". Orest was born in the...