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Carl Timoleon von Neff's Paintings

Artist Carl Timoleon von Neff was a Famous 19th-century painter, exemplar of mature academicism, court artist to Nicholas I, gifted portraitist, creator of colossal temple paintings, and painter of works with historical subjects. As a portrait painter, Carl Timoleon von Neff made his mark on art history. His female portraits with heavenly features were very emotive. By highlighting the nobility and impeccable manners, the natural beauty of the features, and the porcelain whiteness of his models' skin, he expertly communicated the likeness of a painting. The artist paid close attention to the described details, clothing, and accessories. Carl Timoleon von Neff captured the beauty and wealth of the surroundings in ceremonial portraits.A chamber portrait by Carl Timoleon von Neff, a romantic artist who values the image of feminine elegance, holds a distinct position in his body of work. In this picture, he portrays images of his renowned "bathers," virgins of exquisite beauty. Such paintings were common in secular societies, graced the private areas of wealthy homes, and thrilled the eye with the piquancy of their subject matter. Despite the plot's seeming impersonality and the image's collectiveness, each heroine is actually hiding a distinct personality that the artist has disguised as a Nymph or another biblical figure.

Estonians are immensely proud of Carl Timoleon von Neff's work; they refer to him as a German of Baltic background. He went to the Dresden Academy of Arts to study. He arrived in St. Petersburg in 1826 and quickly became well-known for his portraits and other works. In 1837, Carl Timoleon von Neff journeyed around Russia to become acquainted with various folk kinds and ways of life. In 1839, he completed paintings for the Winter Palace's little chapel, featuring the picture of the Last Supper. He was appointed professor for his work on pictures for St. Isaac's Cathedral. He taught at the Academy of Arts and was the curator of the Hermitage's art gallery.

Numerous works by Carl Timoleon von Neff, including portraits, pictures, depictions of beauties, and scenes from Italian and Estonian peasant life, are strewn around Petrograd and its surrounds, mostly in imperial palaces, aristocratic mansions, and churches. Because of the author's intention to enhance nature, Carl Timoleon von Neff's ability was most obviously expressed in portraits, generally feminine, elegant in arranging figures, attractive in colour, though not always quite comparable. His other works, while their undeniable virtues in drawing, colouring, and writing, suffer from the coldness of the composition and the weakness or artificiality of expression, with rare exceptions.

Of these, the most famous are: in religious painting - the images in the lower tier of the main iconostasis of St. Isaac's Cathedral, now reproduced by mosaics (including the best of all the religious paintings of Neff: "St. in the pillars of the same temple), “Angel of Death” and “Angel of Prayer” (the property of the Sovereign Emperor), “Angel of the Resurrection”, “Christ, the Mother of God and 4 Evangelists”, in the church of the Life Guards of the Semenovsky Regiment, in Petrograd, “Christ, blessing the children” and “Our Lady”, in the church of the Academy of Arts, 31 icons of the iconostasis of the Cathedral of the Savior in Moscow, “Ascension of the Lord”, an altarpiece in the church of the estate of Count Golovin, Ryazan province, and the iconostasis of the Russian church in Wiesbaden; in genre painting - "The Bather" (1858; in the Museum of Alexander III), "Two Young Girls in the Grotto" (1859; ibid.), “Italian” (in the Tretyakov Gallery), “Neapolitan woman sitting at the helm in a barque” and “Young Neapolitan on a rock by the sea”; in portraiture - portraits of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (in the Berlin Royal Palace), Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, Ekaterina Mikhailovna and Elena Pavlovna, Baroness Lieven, Baroness Shtakelberg, Prince Nikolai Maximilianovich Leuchtenberg.