Rozhkov Sergey Vasiliev (ich) (? -1688)

- "Painter complained about" the Moscow Armory (the 1668), Kostroma.

In 1660, he took part in the works but the Archangel Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. Together with other painters designed the St. Basil's Cathedral (the icon of the Savior to the local row of the iconostasis and the north portal).

There are about two dozen works by Rozhkov, the most significant of which is the icon of the "Life-giving Spring" (1676, Museum of Early Russian Art. Andrei Rublev). It is most clearly manifested especially his manner - a tendency to build a dynamic composition, improvisation scene, drawing elegance refinement of color solutions. In the icon a lot of gold, it is perceived as a precious piece of jewelry. Her style meets luxury court life XVII. A number of icons Rozhkov was written on the orders of the king's palace.

In 1675, he worked on the restoration of the iconostasis of the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.