Egorov Alexey Egorovich

Alexey Egorovich Egorov was a painter, engraver, and educator, and a prominent representative of the academic art school of the first half of the 19th century. He is known for his biblical paintings and portraits of contemporaries. From 1782 to 1797, he studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts under I. A. Akimov and G. I. Ugryumov. In 1807, he was awarded the title of Academician for his sketch of the composition 'The Entombment' for the Kazan Cathedral. Between 1807 and 1811, he executed commissions for the Kazan Cathedral, the Tauride Palace, and other buildings in St. Petersburg and Tsarskoye Selo.