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1626, Moscow — 1686, Moscow

Synonymous with an important period in the history of Muscovite painting in the seventeenth century and the activities of the Armoury icon-painting workshop. Began working at the Armoury as a silversmith (1648). Following his appointment as royal icon-painter (1664), took over as head of the icon-painting section and remained there until his death (1686). An engraver and icon-painter, he also decorated the interiors of churches and created book miniatures. Painted parsuni (portraits) of Tsar Alexis Mikhailovich, decorated palace fittings, compiled an album entitled Alphabet of the Arts and wrote a treatise on icon-painting. First in the history of Russian icon-painting to employ such devices of West European art as volumetric modelling of form and perspective. 

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Icon. The Saviour Not Made by Human Hand
Icon. The Saviour Not Made by Human Hand
Second half of the 17th century
Богоматерь Владимирская
Богоматерь Владимирская
1662
Христос Вседержитель
Христос Вседержитель
Троица Ветхозаветная
Троица Ветхозаветная
The Saviour Not Made By Human Hands
The Saviour Not Made By Human Hands
1677
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