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# Cosimo III de' Medici placed the Russian pensioner Ivan Nikitin in the academy of the painter Tommaso Redi
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/kozimo-iii-medichi-ustroil-russkogo-pansionera-ivana-nikitina-v-akademiiu-k-zhivopistsu-tomazo-reddi/
- Published: 2017-12-16T17:40:08.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:44:52.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Art, Monarchies, Museums, Education

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