Orest Adamovich Kiprensky

Stijl: Romanticism;

Plaats: Koporye

Geboren: 1782

Dood: 1836

Biografie:

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...