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Portrait of Brigadier Fyodor Krasnoschekov, Ataman of the Don Cossacks
Antropov Alexei,
Oil on canvas
61 x 48,5
State Russian Museum
Поступил в 1932 из Гатчинского дворца-музея (ГМЗ "Гатчина").
Author's Biography
Antropov Alexei
Antropov, Alexei Petrovich
1716, St Petersburg - 1795, St Petersburg
Painter, portraitist, icon-painter. Studied under Louis Caravaque, Andrei Matveyev and Alexander Zakharov, took lessons from Pietro de Rotari (from 1732). Joined the painting department of the Ministry of Construction (1739), foreman (1749). Helped to decorate the interiors of palaces in and around St Petersburg and Moscow. Painted the interior decor of the Si Petersburg Opera House (1750). Created murals and icons for St Andrew’s Cathedral in Kiev (1750-55). Lived in St Petersburg (from 1758). Worked for the Holy Synod and supervised the work of painters (from 1761), Taught Dmitry Levitsky and Pyotr Drozhdin.