In the second half of the 19th century, Russian artists frequently and willingly turned to subjects from the history of pre-Peter I Russia. The creation of such works required that the artist had a good understanding of Russian national costume, decorative art and architecture, a great connoisseur of which was Nikolai Nevrev, an artist who painted famous paintings with scenes from the history of the eras of Ivan the Terrible and the Time of Troubles.

Nevrev Nikolai

Nevrev, Nikolai Vasilievich

1830, Moscow - 1904, Lyskovschina (Belorussia)
Painter, draughtsman, portraitist, genre artist, author of compositions on historical subjects, icon painter. Studied under Mikhail Scotti at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Archi¬tecture (1851–1855). Member of the Society of Travelling Art Exhibitions (from 1881). Taught at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1887–1890).