[1] At the beginning of 1823, together with the artel, he painted the iconostasis in Terebeni Monastery, Vyshnevolotsky Uyezd, Tver Governorate, where he first met Alexey Venetsianov.
At the request of Venetsianov, Krylov was accepted under the patronage of the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts.
[1] In 1825–1827, he performed a number of genre compositions, which were presented at the exhibitions of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts.
In July of this year, he was allowed to attend drawing classes at the Imperial Academy of Arts.
He painted a picture View of the front garden at the apartment of Venetsianov which was acquired by Empress Elizaveta Alexeievna.