Mine-Free Artemyevitch Ivan (XVII century)

- The icon painter of the Moscow Armory, since Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. He studied first at Loputskogo, who was an adventurer rather than a painter, and learned nothing from it. Then with the 1667 Mine-Free studied with Daniel Vuhtersa draw on the eyes. Still at Loputskogo mine-free, along with Ermolino, teaching fellow, completed (1666), a scene from "Triumph" imp. Maximilian, with engravings, giving the product its name: "Cesar Roman on horseback."

In 1669 a mine-free, under the leadership of Vuhtersa, wrote "The image of Tobias, the Merciful." Then he painted icons on the banners and wrote with Ermolino, "parable" on the tiles for stoves in ceremonial royal Svetlitsa. In addition, he worked hard, together with Nikifor Bovykina over the manufacture of toys for Prince Peter. In 1673, he was doing it for two brushes gold and vorvotki (moving balls with laces), obnizannye pearls.
Author portrait of Czar Fyodor Alexeyevich (State Historic Site.)
In 1674 he wrote a mine-free five small banners on different Taft, in both directions , the sun, and the moon and the stars. In 1675, he made ​​a wooden peasant woman, comic, in the mansion to the prince. In the same year, a Mine-Free gilded spare "fun" Prince: maces, Truncheon, knives, mace, battle-axes, etc.
In 1685 he made ​​Nala chiseled, Stolarski, for which he received the award for the Resurrection - 10 rubles. Mine-free for his art was granted to the nobles.