Ivan Vishnyakov

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Ivan Yakovlevich Vishnyakov, Portrait of Sarah Eleonor Fermor, 1750

Ivan Yakovlevich Vishnyakov (1699–1761) was a Russian painter.

Vishnyakov was born in Moscow. He was a pupil of Louis Caravaque, a French artist, who worked in Russia. Vishnyakov worked in the painting department of the Ministry of Construction, and painted primarily portraits at that time. In 1739 he was promoted to the head of the department, and led the decoration of many palaces and churches in Moscow, Kiev, and Saint Petersburg. He died in Saint Petersburg in 1761.^[1]

References

↑ "Brief Bio of Ivan Yakovlevich Vishnyakov". Retrieved 2009-10-21.

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Name	Vishnyakov, Ivan Yakovlevich
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Short description	Russian painter
Date of birth	1699
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Date of death	1761
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