Yakov
Anbarov (Ambarov)

The son of a craftsman of the Ekaterinburg lapidary factory. From 1836, he received one year in the Academy of fine Arts. In view of the excellent progress was left to continue his studies. Known engraver P. Utkin wrote: "Academics of Anvarov in the past, 1836. engaged in the following items: lepenies nature of the wax and clay, painting with busts and statues, carved on a solid stone; finally made a wax model from nature, depicting Milo of Croton with lion, which began to cut into the stone dropped; fashioned from the wax portrait of our famous fabulist Ivan Krylov, who was awarded the Academy's silver 1st dignity; now involved in preparing a sketch for a given program, made in the image of Orpheus in a separate round figure. Bringing this to the Board of the Academy of Arts on the classroom Akbarova, dare we add, that short his stay at the Academy vileikiene work was executed with artistic value, a clear sign of his talent". (TSGIAL, f. 789, op. 1, d. 75, l. 19).