Aleksey Petrovich Antropov was born in 1716 into the family of a soldier. His inclination for art was revealed early. He studied painting under Andrey Matveev and Ivan Vishnyakov. In the 1740s he took part in the decoration of the numerous palaces of St. Petersburg. In 1752-1755, he was commissioned to paint The Kiev Cathedral of St. Andrew.
1750s. Oil on canvas. The Tula Regional Art Museum, Tula, Russia. Read Note.
1759. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1761. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1761. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1760s. Oil on canvas. The Saratov Art Museum, Saratov, Russia. Read Note.
1762. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
1764. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
1765. Oil on canvas. The Museum of the Academy of Arts, St-Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
1766. Oil on canvas. The Novgorod Art and History Museum, Novgorod, Russia. Read Note.
1772. Oil on canvas. The Taganrog Art Gallery, Taganrog, Russia. Read Note.
1780s. Oil on canvas. Tomsk Regional Ethnical Museum, Tomsk, Russia.
Russian Portrait. XVIII-XIX centuries. Moscow. 1976. (in Russian)
Russian Painters. St. Petersburg. 1998. (in Russian)
The Art and Architecture of Russia (Pelican History Art) by George Heard Hamilton. Yale Univ Pr, 1992.
A Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Artists 1420-1970 by John Milner. Antique Collectors' Club, 1993.