Baroque

Ivan Sokolov

Engraver, draughtsman, teacher. Born in Moscow in the family of a deacon called Alexei Sokolov (1717). Studied drawing under Johann Daniel Schumacher at the grammar school of the Imperial Academy of ...

Alexei Grekov

Engraver, draughtsman, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of a Greek skipper in Russian service called Angileos de Dilos (c. 1726). Studied drawing under Johann Elias Grimmel and engraving unde...

Alexei Rostovtsev

Engraver, draughtsman, illustrator. Born in Moscow in the family of a palace clerk called Ivan Rostovtsev (c. 1690). Studied under Vasily Kiprianov at the Moscow Printing Works. Worked under Pieter P...

Alexei Zubov

Engraver, painter, illustrator. Son of the icon-painter Fyodor Zubov (before 1647–1689), younger brother of Ivan Zubov. Studied icon-painting under his father (1695–98) and engraving under Adriaan Sc...

Ivan Zubov

Engraver, illustrator. Son of the icon-painter Fyodor Zubov (before 1647–1689), elder brother of Alexei Zubov. Studied icon-painting under his father (until 1689) and engraving under Adriaan Schooneb...

Andrei Matveyev

Painter, decorator. Born in St Petersburg to a court scribe from Käkisalmi district in Karelia (1702). Awarded a fellowship by Peter the Great to train in Holland and Flanders (1716). Studied under A...

Alexei Antropov

Painter, teacher. Born in St Petersburg (1716) to Pyotr Antropov, who worked for the Chancellery of Construction. Studied under Louis Caravaque, Andrei Matveyev and Mikhail Zakharov (from 1732). Work...

Ivan Argunov

Painter, teacher. Father of Nikolai, Jacob and Pavel Argunov. Serf of Prince Alexei Cherkassky, grand chancellor and one of the richest men in Russia. Sold to Count Pyotr Sheremetev as part of the do...

Gavriil Kozlov

Painter, draughtsman, decorator, teacher. Serf of Prince Pyotr Toufiakin whose freedom was secured by the Imperial Academy of Arts (1763). Worked under Antonio Giambattista Peresinotti, Pietro Gradiz...

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