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October 6th, 1745
Born in Warsaw (the Commonwealth, now Poland) in a family of artists.
1763—1764
He studied in Rome with the Austrian artist Anton von Maron.
From 1765
He studied at the Roman Academy of St. Luke.
1784
The artist returned to Warsaw.
1785—1786
Lived and worked in Vilna.
1786—1797
Lived and worked in Warsaw, where he founded a private painting school.
From 1797
The artist returned to Vilna again, founded and headed the department of painting and drawing at the Main Vilna School (later it was transformed into the Imperial Vilna University).
1800—1801
He lived and worked in St. Petersburg, during this period he designed the interiors of the Mikhailovsky Castle.
1802
Together with his brother Anthony Smuglevich , he decorated the meeting room at the Vilnius Main School (now the Reading Room of the Vilnius University Library).
September 6th, 1807
He died in Vilna, at the moment the exact place of burial is unknown.