Mikhail
Shibanov was a serf of Prince Grigory Potyomkin. The date of his birth
is unknown, and the date of his death is uncertain, after 1798. Up today
only some of his paintings are found.
Note
Alexander Matveyevich Dmitryev-Mamonov
(1758-1803), Count, Lieutenant General, favorite of Empress Catherine II
the Great.
Bibliography: Russian Genre Painting. XVIII century. by Ya. Brook. Moscow.
1990.
