(b 14 March 1716; d St Petersburg, 12 June 1795). Russian
painter. He trained at the Construction Office in St Petersburg,
where his teachers included Ivan Vishnyakov, in whose team of
painters Antropov later worked. He participated in the decorative
painting of the Winter Palace and other imperial residences in St
Petersburg and its environs. In 1752 he embarked on painting
Andreyevsky Cathedral in Kiev and produced icons for its
iconostasis. He returned to St Petersburg in 1758 and then trained
for two years with Pietro Antonio Rotari. Soon afterwards he was
appointed principal supervisor of the artists and icon painters of
the Synod.
Uknknown Lady
Portrait of Elizabeth of Russia
Portrait of Great Duchess Ekateriana Alexeyevna (future Catherine
II)
Portrait of Catherine II
before 1766
Portrait of Catherine II
Portrait of Grand Duke Peter Fedotovich (later Peter III)
Peter III
Portrait of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna
Portrait of Peter the Great
1772
Portrait of Princess T. A. Trubetzkaya
Portrait of Catherine II the Great
Portrait of archbishop Gavriil Petrov
Portrait of Anna Vasiliyevna Buturlina
Portrait of M.A. Rumyantseva
1764
Portrait of Father Fyodor Dubyansky
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