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Dutch engraver, draughtsman, teacher. Grandson of Flemish painter Ottomar Elliger I (1633–1679) and son of German history painter and engraver Ottomar Elliger II (1666–1735). Born in Amsterdam (1703)...
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 ...
Engraver, draughtsman. Born in Moscow in the family of a soldier in the Butyrki Infantry Regiment called Fyodor Chelnakov (1734). Educated at the St Petersburg Garrison School (1740s). Transferred to...
Sculptor, draughtsman, painter, teacher. Born in the Pomor fishing village of Tyuchkovskaya on the Northern Dvina in the family of a state (free) peasant called Ivan Shubnoi, who allegedly taught Mik...
Painter, restorer, teacher. Father of Alexander Vishnyakov. Born in Moscow in the family of a craftsman called Yakov Vishnyakov (1699). Sent to live with relatives in St Petersburg (1714), where he s...
Painter. Son of Ivan Vishnyakov. Mentioned at the age of nine and ten in the confessional inventories of the Church of the Nativity of Christ in the Peski district of St Petersburg (1760–61). Studied...
Painter. Elder brother of Roman Nikitin, uncle of architect Pyotr Nikitin (1727–1784). Born in Moscow in the family of a priest called Nikita Nikitin (1680s). Grew up in Izmailovo (1690s). Possibly t...
Painter, teacher. Younger brother of Ivan Nikitin, father of architect Pyotr Nikitin (1727–1784). Born in Moscow in the family of a priest called Nikita Nikitin (1691). Grew up in Izmailovo (1690s). ...
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...
Engraver, draughtsman, illustrator. Born in the family of a medallist of the Imperial Academy of Sciences called Gavrila Rudakov (1748). Worked at the Imperial Academy of Sciences in the palace of dr...