Nikifor Stepanovich Krylov was one of the first pupils of Venetsianov. He was from a petty bourgeois family, used to draw icons and sell them in marketplaces. At one such fair he met Venetsianov, in 1823. Venetsianov was impressed with the portraiture skills of the young man, but saw very clearly that he needed training in...
c.1824. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
c.1824. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1827. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
. Oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.