Name Louis Caravaque | ||
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Died 1754, Saint Petersburg, Russia | ||
Louis Caravaque (died 1752) was a French portrait painter who worked in Russia.
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Life
Caravaque came from Gascony. He went to Russia, and painted a portrait of Peter the Great at Astrakhan in 1716 . It was engraved by Massard and by Langlois. He painted the Tsar again in 1723, and later did portraits of the Empresses Anne and Elizabeth. He died in Russia in 1752.
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