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Karl Pavlovich Bryullov (Brullo), was born on December 12 (23 by the new style calendar), 1799. He was a prominent representative of academic historical and genre painting, as well as a master of ceremonial and chamber portraits. He was also a muralist and a member of several art academies, including the Academies of Fine Arts in Milan, Parma, and St. Luke's in Rome. He held the position of professor at the Florentine and Imperial Academies of Arts in St. Petersburg.

The Bryullov family has French origins. At the end of the 17th century, some of its members, who were Protestant, were forced to flee their homeland due to religious persecution and settled in Germany. In 1773, the Russian government invited Georg Brullo, an ornamental sculptor, and his thirteen-year-old grandson, John Paul's eldest son's son, to St. Petersburg to work at the Imperial Porcelain Factory. This son, Pavel Ivanovich Bryulla (1760-1833), married twice. His second wife, Maria Elisabeth Schroeder, gave birth to six children, including Karl, the second eldest. The eldest child, Alexander (1798-1877), became a famous architect and graphic artist. Ivan (1814-1834), the third child, showed great promise as a