Portrait with. I AM. Yakovlev

The artist is the bells

Savva Yakovlevich Yakovlev (Sobakin) (1713-1784) – the richest merchant and industrialist, the Ostashkovsky tradesman who came to St. Petersburg “with half a year in his pocket and parental blessings”. However, successfully engaged in fishing, acquired four factories in the Urals, linen manufactory in Yaroslavl. In 1758 he was appointed chief director over drinking fees. Since 1759 – College Assessor. In 1761 – granted by a hereditary nobility. In St. Petersburg he owned two large plots of land. At the expense with. I AM. Yakovleva in 1753-1756 erected the church “Savior on Sennaya” (Arch. AND. AT. Kvasov). A forty -tier three -tier bell tower with a bell of 542 pounds weighed next to it. There is a legend that during the life of Yakovlev they called this bell only when he allowed, and as if the bell tongue was locked on a special castle, the key to which he kept at himself.

M. L. Kolokolnikov wrote portraits of several generations of the Yakovlev family. Two loading portraits with. I AM. Yakovlev’s works of Kolokolnikov: in the GE meeting (in the purple caftan and camisole, ERG-338) and in the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg (in Blue Kaftan and Kamisole, KP-73635). Most likely, like a portrait from the meeting of the timing, they could be written in the 1760s: in all cases, the style of the wig is identical. Authority Murk. L. Kolokolnikov in relation to the portrait from the timing was first delivered in 1979 and.G.Kotelnikova and s.AT.Rimskoy-Korsakova on the basis of a comparative stylistic and technological study of a number of works of the artist (Kotelnikova. With. 79-94). As a result of study, the authorship of Kolokolnikov was confirmed, and the portrait from the timing was recognized as the standard.

N. X. Unknown artist. SPb, 2012. With. 88.