Sergey Lvovich Levitsky

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Sergei Lvovich Levitsky
Portrait, 1890
Born	Lvov-Lvitsky 1819 Moscow, Russia
Died	1898 (age 79) St. Petersburg, Russia
Nationality	Russian Empire
Education	Faculty of Law, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Known for	photographer
Movement	Photography
Awards	1849, Paris Exposition of the Second Republic received first ever gold medal for landscape photography; in 1851, received first ever gold medal awarded for portrait photography
Patron(s)	Alexander II of Russia, Alexander III of Russia, Nicholas II of Russia, Napoleon III

Count Sergei Lvovich Levitsky (Russian: Серге́й Льво́вич Львов-Леви́цкий; 17 August 1819 – 22 June 1898), is considered one of the patriarchs of Russian photography and one of Europe's most important early photographic pioneers, inventors and innovators.