Stepan Shchukin

Stepan Semyonovich Shchukin (Russian: Степан Семёнович Щукин; 1754, Moscow – 10 October 1828, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian portrait and watercolor painter.

In 1782, he was sent abroad for "self-improvement",[2] changed his name from Semyonov to Shchukin.

[1] In 1786, he returned from Paris and, two years later, was appointed a teacher of portraiture at the Academy.

[1] He was promoted to Academician Candidate for his portrait of the Academy's Director Yury Felten then, the following year, was named a full Academician for his portrait of Tsar Paul I.

[2] Media related to Stepan Shchukin at Wikimedia Commons