Louis Caravaque, a French portrait painter, was a native of Gascony. He went to Russia, and in 1716 painted at Astrakhan the portrait of Peter the Great, which has been engraved by Massard and by Langlois. He again painted the Czar in 1723, and subsequently the Empresses Anne and Elizabeth. He died in Russia in 1752. Related Paintings of Louis Caravaque :. | Portrait of Catherine I of Russia | Portrait of Natalia Romanov | Portrait of Empress Anna Ioannovna | Piotr Romanow as Cupid | Portrait of Natalia Romanov | Related Artists:
Joseph Benoit Suvee1747-1807
French
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Viviano Codazzi1604-1670
Italian
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1670). Italian painter. He arrived in Naples about 1634, having almost certainly trained in Rome. He was a specialist in the realistic architectural VEDUTA, and his interest in this theme may have been stimulated in Rome by the quadratura frescoes of Agostino Tassi and by the urban views of Claude Lorrain and Herman van Swan.
Arthur Mathewsan American Tonalist painter who was one of the founders of the American Arts and Crafts movement
1860-1945
