TORELLI, Stefano
(b. 1712, Bologna, d. 1784, St. Petersburg)

Portrait of Anna Chernyshova

1760s
Oil on canvas, 95 x 74 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Stefano Torelli, court painter to Catherine II in St. Petersburg, executed a number of ceiling paintings in various palaces, as well as portraits and other easel paintings.

Anna Alexandrovna Chernyshova (1740-1794) was the wife of Ivan Grigoryevich Chernyshov (1726-1797).