What century was Konstantin Somov born into a family of a Hermitage Museum curator?
Konstantin Somov Konstantin Andreyevich Somov (Russian: Константин Андреевич Сомов, November 30, 1869 – May 6, 1939) was a Russian artist associated with the "Mir iskusstva". Born into a family of a major art historian and Hermitage Museum curator Andrey Ivanovich Somov, he became interested in 18th-century art and music at an early age.
Grigory Teplov Grigory Nikolayevich Teplov (Russian: Григорий Николаевич Теплов ; 20 November 1717 – 30 March 1779 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian academic administrator of lowly birth who managed the Petersburg Academy of Sciences and wielded influence over Little Russia in his capacity as the secretary and advisor to Kirill Razumovsky (whose cousin he married). He was also an amateur musician and printed in 1751 the collection of his songs entitled "Idle Hours Away from Work".