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Alexei Davydov
Born:
1761, St Petersburg
Died:
after 1815, St Petersburg
Painter, draughtsman, engraver. Born in St Petersburg in the family of a naval stores officer called Pyotr Davydov (1761). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1767–82). Awarded a second-class certificate (1782). Court councillor (1803).
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