18th Century

Vasily Istomin

Painter, draughtsman. Born in an unknown location (late 18th century). Probably studied under Martin Ferdinand Quadal (1736–1811), an Austrian-Moravian painter who was invited to St Petersburg by Tsa...

Johann Georg Mayr (de Mayr, von Mayr, Mayer, Meyer)

German painter, draughtsman, engraver, illustrator, teacher. Elder brother of draughtsman and engraver Johann Christoph Mayr (1764–1812). Born in the family of a parson called Johann Michael Mayr in ...

Georg Caspar Joseph von Prenner

Austrian painter, engraver, teacher. Born in Vienna (circa 1720) in the family of Austrian court painter, draughtsman and engraver Anton Joseph von Prenner (1698–1761). Studied under his father in Vi...

Johann Gottfried Tannauer (Dannhauer?)

German painter, draughtsman, teacher. Born in the family of a clock-maker probably in Saxony (1680). Originally studied watchmaking in Swabia (1890s). Moved to Venice (1700), where he studied music (...

Carl Alexander von Leberecht

German medallist, teacher. Born in the family of Alexander von Leberecht in the town of Meiningen in the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen (1755). Lived in Russia (from mid-1770s). Medallist at the St Petersbu...

Christian Gottfried Heinrich Geißler

German engraver, draughtsman, illustrator. Born in the city of Leipzig in the Electorate of Saxony (1770). Studied at the Kunstakademie in Dresden (from 1784). Lived in Russia (1790–98). Accompanied ...

Mina Kolokolnikov

Painter. Brother of painters Ivan, Fedot, Ivan-Bolshoi and Mikhail Kolokolnikov. Born in the family of Luka Kolokolnikov in the village of Krovatyn in Moscow Province (1708?). Studied in Ostashkovo a...

Yakov Maslenikov (Maslennikov)

Jeweller, silversmith. Hallmarks: ??? in a hexagon (1748–53) and ?? or ?•? in a heart or rectangle (1754–92). Born in the family of a merchant called Semyon Maslenikov (Maslennikov) from the town of ...

Johann Caspar Gottlieb Jaeger

German gem-cutter, medallist, teacher. Hallmark: ICI or I?C?I? or I:C:I: or I.C.I. Born in Hesse (mid-18th century). Lived and worked in St Petersburg (1772–91), where he carved intaglio portraits of...

Jérémie Pauzié

Swiss-French jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith, memoirist. Born in Geneva in the family of French Huguenots Étienne Pauzié and Suzanne Bouverot (1716). Travelled with his father via Alsace, Westphalia...

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