Simon (Pimen) Fyodorovich Ushakov

Plats: Moscow

Född: 1626

Död: 1686

Biografi:

Simon Ushakov (1626-1686) was a leading Russian icon painter in the 17th-century. Together with Fyodor Zubov and Fyodor Rozhnov, he is associated with the comprehensive reform of the Russian Orthodox Church undertaken by Patriarch Nikon. Ushakov is also credited with popularizing the genre of portrait painting of secular figures in Russia (known as parsuna).