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Aleksey Petrovich Antropov was born in 1716 into the family of a soldier. His inclination for art was clear from the early days of his youth He studied painting under Andrey Matveev and Ivan Vishnyakov From the 1740's onwards, he participated in the decoration of many of the numerous palaces in St. Petersburg In 1752-1755, he was commissioned to paint The Kiev Cathedral of St. Andrew From 1761 he was the chief painter of the Synod But he was also famous for his portrait-painting. Among his best exhibits are the Portrait of the Lady-in-Waiting A. M. Izmaylova (1759), the Portrait of Emperor Peter III (1762) and the Portrait of Countess M. A. Rumyantzeva (1764). | |||||
 Portrait of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna.1750s. Oil on canvas. The Tula Regional Art Museum, Tula, Russia. | ||||||
 Portrait of the Lady-in-Waiting A. M.
Izmaylova.1759. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia | ||||||
 Portrait of Princess T. A. Trubetzkaya.1761. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia | ||||||
 Portrait of F. Krasnoschiokov.1761. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. | ||||||
 Portrait of Grand Duchess Catherine Alekseevna,
Future Empress Catherine II the Great1760s. Oil on canvas. The Saratov Art Museum, Saratov, Russia | ||||||
 Portrait of Emperor Peter III.1762. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. | ||||||
 Portrait of Countess M. A. Rumyantzeva.1764. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia | ||||||
 Portrait of General-in-Chief, Count William W.
Fermor.1765. Oil on canvas. The Museum of the Academy of Arts, St-Petersburg, Russia. | ||||||
 Portrait of Catherine II the Great.1766. Oil on canvas. The Novgorod Art and History Museum, Novgorod, Russia | ||||||
 Portrait of Peter the Great.1772. Oil on canvas. The Taganrog Art Gallery, Taganrog, Russia | ||||||
 Portrait of an Unknown Woman.1780s. Oil on canvas. Tomsk Regional Ethnical Museum, Tomsk, Russia. | ||||||
Aleksey Antropov (1716 - 1795)
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