L. Tocquet. Authorship in question. Portrait of empress elizabeth petrovna. Canvas, oil. 81x66. Acquired in 1927 from the state museum fund (collection of the archive of the ministry of foreign affairs; gift of prince m. A. Obolensky). The work is recorded in the inventory book of the state tretyakov gallery under number 9344. The french painter louis tocquet (tocque), a court artist and representative of the rococo style, was invited to russia by count m. I. Vorontsov specifically to paint a large formal portrait of empress elizabeth petrovna (currently kept in the state hermitage). During the year and a half that tocquet spent in st. Petersburg, the artist created several images of the empress, which enjoyed success and were widely known. Copies of the ceremonial portrait of the empress, both full-length and half-length, were repeatedly made by other artists, including the famous serf artist of count p. B. Sheremetev, ivan petrovich argunov, as well as students of the imperial academy of arts. The french master emphasized the beauty and charm of the empress. He captured her in a magnificent toilet, with an ermine mantle thrown over her shoulders, with a ribbon and a star of the order of st. Andrew the apostle the first-called. Date: 18th century.
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