Portrait of Glafira Alymova, Dmitry Levitzky, 1776

The portrait is one of the seven portraits of the students of smolny institute for noble maidens in st. Petersburg (the cycle smolnyankas) painted by dmitry levitzky in 1772–1776. Glafira alymova is painted in the uniform gown for special social events prescribed for senior girls, the students of so-called “forth age”. Object Type: painting. Date: 1776. Dimensions: height: 183 cm (72 in); width: 142.5 cm (56.1 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Russian Museum. LevitzkyAlymova1775