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# Cosimo III de' Medici placed the Russian pensioner Ivan Nikitin in the academy of the painter Tommaso Redi
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- Published: 2025-06-03T08:31:05.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:29:51.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Art, Monarchies, Museums, Education, People

Cosimo III de' Medici placed the Russian pensioner Ivan Nikitin in the academy of the painter Tommaso Redi. It was here that Nikitin painted a portrait of Peter I, who had sent him to study; the picture is in the collection of the Uffizi