Lev Dmitrievich KRIOUKOV (1743-1843)

Lev Dmitrievich KRIOUKOV (1743-1843)
Portrait of a man in a bust in civil dress Octagonal
miniature painted in gouache, signed
lower right in Cyrillic, metal circle.
Russia, circa 1820.
H. 6.5 cm

History: Kriukov was a versatile artist, painter, draughtsman, watercolorist and decorator. He devoted
his life to education at Kazan University from 1807 to 1841 as a professor of art education. His works are exhibited in the museums of Kazan, Kirov, Gorky and especially in the Historical State Museum of Moscow, which has two miniatures, the Portrait of Colonel M.N. Musin-Pushkin (N IV-1648/99618) and the Portrait of Baroness A.N. de Pirch (N IV-1647/99618).
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