German in origin and education Carl Ludwig Johann Christineck lived in Russia all his life. He was called Login Zakharovich in Russian. In St. Petersburg he owned a big house with a garden. All his sons became Russian citizens and entered Russian service. His manner of painting is a little bit dry, models’ faces are doll-like, their poses are stiff. But at the same time his portraits have certain charm: the lines are exact, the colors are clean, the dresses and accessories are beautifully and clearly painted. The fashion of the Russian aristocracy of the 18th century is reflected precisely and with love.
Ribeaupierre, Agrafena Alexandrovna
(1755-1812), daughter of General-en-chef A. I. Bibikov (1729-1774) and
his wife, née Princess Kozlovskaya. In 1774, after Agrafena’s father
died, Catherine II made the girl
her lady-in-waiting. In 1778, Agrafena married, against the wishes of her
mother, to a young officer from Switzerland, Ribeaupierre (1750-1790),
called Ivan Stepanovich in Russian. Her husband entered Russian military
service and was a brigadier and aide-de-camp to Grigory Potemkin; in 1790
he was killed in action during the Russian-Turkish war under Ismail.
Bibliography:
Paintings of the 18th-early 20th centuries from the Reserves of
the Russian Museum. by K. Mikhailova and G. Smirnov. Leningrad. 1982.
Famous Russians in the 18th and 19th centuries. St. Petersburg.
1996.
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