Vasiliy Pukirev

Vasily Vladimirovich Pukirev (Russian: Василий Владимирович Пукирев; 1832 – 13 June 1890) was a Russian painter and illustrator. He is primarily known as the artist of the painting The Unequal Marriage. Vasily studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. He first worked as a portraitist but later turned to historical painting.