Vasily Tropinin

Vasily Tropinin
Self portrait
Born	Vasily Andreevich Tropinin (1776-03-30)30 March 1776 Korpovo village, near Novgorod, Russian Empire
Died	16 May 1857(1857-05-16) (aged 81) Moscow, Russian Empire
Resting place	Vagankovo Cemetery, Moscow
Nationality	Russian
Alma mater	Imperial Academy of Arts (1804)
Known for	Painting, Drawing
Movement	Romanticism

Vasily Andreevich Tropinin (Russian: Васи́лий Андре́евич Тропи́нин; 30 March [O.S. 19 March] 1776 – 16 May [O.S. 4 May] 1857) was a Russian Romantic painter. Much of his life was spent as a serf, not attaining freedom until he was more than forty years old. Three of his more important works are a portrait of Alexander Pushkin and paintings called The Lace Maker and The Gold-Embroideress.