Louis Caravaque

Louis Caravaque (* January 31, 1684, † June 9, 1754 ) was a French painter.

Life

Caravaque is best known as a portrait painter and painter of history paintings in Russia. He grew up in Gascony. After training as a painter in France, he went to Russia, where he spent his life. Among other things, he portrayed various members of the royal family; multiple images are now in the possession of the Tretyakov Gallery and the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg.

Gallery ( selection)

Portrait of Peter the Great

Portrait of the future Empress Elizabeth as an Olympic goddess, currently in the Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Portrait of Catherine II, 1745, currently in the Gatchina Palace

Portrait of Anna Leopoldovna, after 1733

Peter the Great at the Battle of Poltava