Nikolai Dmitrievich Mylnikov (1797, Yaroslavl - April 16, 1842, Yaroslavl) - Russian painter and portrait painter.
| Nikolay Dmitrievich Mylnikov | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | 1797 |
| Place of Birth | Yaroslavl |
| Date of death | April 16, 1842 |
| Place of death | Yaroslavl |
| A country | |
| Genre | portrait |
Mylnikov was born in the parish of the Ascension Church in Yaroslavl. His father, Dmitry Petrovich Mylnikov (1775-1850), belonged to the workshop of urban painters and craftsmen. Uncle Afanasy Petrovich Mylnikov (1780-1848) - an icon painter.
The earliest known works date back to 1824-1825. The “Portrait of the Unknown in a Top Hat” (1824, whereabouts unknown) is indicated in the “Tauride Exhibition Catalog” (1905) as the property of the leader of the Yaroslavl nobility, S. V. Mikhalkov. The next work was “Portrait of an Old Woman” (1825, Yekaterinburg Museum).
In 1826, he painted a series of portraits of the Moscow merchants Rakhmanovs (GIM).
In 1827, Mylnikov wrote the famous couple of the Astapovs (YaHM).
 | "Portrait of Praskovya Astapova" has become a kind of "standard" of the female image in merchant portraits. It represents the type of bosom portrait, and the light shawl thrown over the shoulders creates special stability and poise of the composition. Tightly, without a smile, folded lips, a wary look, harboring some vaguely ripening thought, give the face a stern, closed expression. All this makes the image extremely pointed, expressing the character of a heavy and imperious. It is noteworthy that the numerous jewelry that the merchant, as it were, demonstrates on himself rather scrupulously, does not distract attention from the main thing, performing a certain semantic role.Konovalova N.O. |  |
The portraits of 1828-1833 depict not only Yaroslavl merchants, but already Moscow nobles. In 1828, “Portrait of O. M. Golovina” (State Museum of A. S. Pushkin) was painted. In the same period, Mylnikov completed “Portrait of Landowner N. P. Milyukov” (1831, State Historical Museum).
In the 1830s, a series of portraits of the Sobolev merchants was written (1834, YAHM). The series consists of paired family portraits of two brothers, Ivan and Daniil Sobolev, and a portrait of Daniel's son, Alexander.
Among the well-known works of Mylnikov is the “Portrait of I. I. Svidersky” [1] (1836, Azerbaijan Museum of Art).
Portrait of P. I. Astapova
Portrait of Colonel I. I. Svidersky
Portrait of V.P. Golovin
Portrait of an old woman
Portrait of Ivan Semenovich Sobolev
Notes
- ↑ I. I. Svidersky - Colonel of the Klyastitsky Hussar Regiment , a participant in the war of 1812-1814, who was awarded many high awards. In 1836, during military operations in the Caucasus, he was wounded and arrived at his homeland, where Mylnikov captured it.