Zubov A.F., (1682 - after 1750), Artist

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ZUBOV Alexey Fedorovich (c. 1682 - after 1750) engraver. He studied icon painting at the Armoury Chamber in Moscow (1695-1700). In 1701-05, he was a student and later assistant to engraver A. Schonebeck. In 1711-27, he worked at the engraver's workshop of the Petersburg Printing Office. He worked in etching and cutting prints, and started to develop the Russian print. He created the first ever imprints of St. Petersburg: Vasilievsky Island (1714), Panorama of Petersburg (1716) and 11 additional "small views" (together with A. Rostovtsev, 1716-17), View of Petersburg (1727). He executed maps, allegories, battle scenes and court ceremonies: the Battle of Gangut (1715), the Battle of Grengam (1721), Representation of the Wedding of Peter the Great and Ekaterina Alexeevna (1712), portraits of Peter the Great (1712) and Empress Catherine I (1725). He lived in Moscow from 1732.

References: Лебедянский М. С. Алексей Зубов - первый видописец Санкт-Петербурга. М., 2003.

O. L. Leikind, D.Y. Severyukhin. Catherine I, Empress
Rostovtsev Alexey Ivanovich
Schonebeck Adrian
Zubov Alexey Fedorovich
Лебедянский М. С. Алексей Зубов, 1682-1750. Л., 1981