Vasily Tropinin was one of the major Russian artists active in the first half of the XIX century. He was born as a serf of Count A. Munich and then was given as a part of Munich's daughter's dowry to Count I. Morkov. Although his artistic talent and desire to paint were expressed early, he was sent by Count Morkov to St. Petersburg to learn to be a confectioner. During those years Tropinin managed to attend now and then free drawing lessons in the Academy of Arts, until in 1799, at the age of 23, he was sent by his owner to study art in the Academy.
1809. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1815. Oil on canvas. The History Museum, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
About 1818. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1818. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
1818. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Fine Arts of Tatarstan, Kazan, Russia.
1820s(?). Private Collection, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1820 (?). Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1820s. Oil on canvas. The Taganrog Art Gallery, Taganrog, Russia.
1821. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1822. Oil on canvas. The History Museum, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
1823. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1823. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1823. Oil on canvas. The Tropinin Museum, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
1824. Oil on canvas. The Museum of the Academy of Arts, St-Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
1826. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1827. Oil on canvas. The Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
1829. Oil on canvas. The Regional Art Museum, Ivanovo. Russia.
1830s. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1830. Oil on canvas. Private collection, Moscow, Russia.
1831. Oil on canvas. The Art Museum of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus.
Tropinin by E. Petinova. Russian Painters of the XIX century. Moscow. 1987.