adopted son of the landlord, G. von Zege Manteyffelya. He studied at the Dresden Academy of Arts (1824-25). In 1827 came to St. Petersburg. In 1832 he was appointed court painter and arranged in the Winter Palace. Performed portraits of the royal family and members of the St. Petersburg nobility, including a double portrait of lead. knzh. Maria Nikolaevna and Olga Nikolaevna (1838, RM), portraits of lead. AMG. Ekaterina Mikhailovna (1850), Elena Pavlovna (1850) and Maria Nikolaevna (1866, Nimr). In trips to Italy, wrote a lot of genre pictures, he loved to depict bathers and nymphs. Pictures of "Two nymphs in the grotto" and "Angel of Prayer" (1850) were purchased by Nicholas I, and many times reproduced. The main achievement of AN are the paintings in St. Isaac's Cathedral, including 14 icons in the main iconostasis (1844-49) and a large image of the Savior through the royal doors from the inside (1857). Also wrote the iconography of the image for Gothic chapel in Peterhof Alexandria, a small church and the church of the Winter Palace of Arts, 31 image for the Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Savior (1853-76). From 1839 - academician, 1846 - Honorary Member of the Florence Academy of Arts, from 1849 - Professor of Fine Arts, from 1864 The Guardian Picture Gallery of the Hermitage from 1865 - member of the Arts. Was constructed in the nobility (1844), granted a number of royal decorations and gifts. He was buried in the Smolensk Lutheran Cemetery.