Biographies Russian Artists 18th Century Jeweller Afanasy Korytov (Myasnikov)

Afanasy Korytov (Myasnikov)

Afanasy Korytov or Myasnikov (1726–1782), Russian Rococo jeweller, silversmith. Hallmark: АК. Worked in the silver workshop of brother-in-law Pyotr Kropin in Yaroslavl.
Born: 1726, Yaroslavl
Died: 1782, Yaroslavl
Movements:
Imperial Russian Jewellery 18th–19th Centuries
Rococo

Jeweller, silversmith. Hallmark: ??. Born in Yaroslavl in the family of Semyon Myasnikov and his wife Elena (1726). Married Pelageya Andreyeva (1744), who gave birth to children Evdokia (1745), Ivan (1746), Matryona (1747), Georgy (1753), Anna (1756), Ustinia (1762) and Praskovia (1764). After the death of Pelageya (1765) married Tatyana Petrova (1767), who gave birth to sons Nikolai (1778) and Fyodor (1780). Collaborated with merchant Pyotr Kropin (from 1759), who married his first wife’s sister Marfa Andreyeva (1739) and opened a silver workshop (1757). Created silverware and religious ornaments in the Rococo style (1760–80). Died of consumption in Yaroslavl (1782).

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