Teplov N. Gregory (1717-1779)

It is known that during the times of the Russian Empress Catherine II did many amazing career. Some of them - thanks to their physical ability and courage, the other much sought for their intelligence (of course, the word is not used then), and others became known for their talents in various fields of human activity.

State Secretary of Catherine II N. Gregory Teplov, the son of a palace stoker (which at that time, perhaps, and was a good starting point), a potentially possessed many talents. In many ways he himself realized. No wonder he was such an important post, and was an honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, an honorary member of the two Academies of Science - St. Petersburg and Madrid.

 However, once out of the commoner-to-riches, G. Teplov, judging from indirect data, knew his worth, and especially do not bother to work up a sweat in any of the supportive to him spheres.

Recall that in the fine arts "kunshtyukov" means an elaborate fraud - a joke that we mentioned art "dummy". It is they, and famous paintings in the GN Heat. Of course, there is far to genius, but to try to fool people, artistic skill was needed. And considerable. Apparently, the artist owned a painting technique to the full. We can only appreciate the talent of GN The heat on his two-l'oeil paintings.