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Orest Kiprensky, "Portrait of D. N. Khvostova", 1814
Орест Кипренский, "Портрет Д. Н. Хвостовой", 1814
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Orest Adamovich Kiprensky (24 March [O.S. 13 March] 1782 – 17 October [O.S. 5 October] 1836) was a leading Russian portraitist in the Age of Romanticism. His most familiar work is probably his portrait of Alexander Pushkin (1827), which prompted the poet to remark that "the mirror flatters me".
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