Peter the Great: Collector,
Scholar, Artist
Moscow Kremlin Museums
29th November 2019–8th March |
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
20. Compass, by
Peter the Great.
1709. Ivory,
brass, paper,
iron, glass, ink,
paints, diameter
13.5 cm. (Dresden
Armoury, Dresden
State Arts
Collection; exh.
Moscow Kremlin
Museums).
Non-western art unattributed:
22. Tracery belt
plate with dragons.
Siberia, 2nd–1st
centuries BC.
Gold cornelian,
glass, black stone,
casting, inlay,
9 by 15.1 cm.
(State Hermitage
Museum, St
Petersburg; exh.
Moscow Kremlin
Museums).
Western art unattributed:
21. Ceremonial
mace. Turkey,
second half of
the 17th century.
Silver, copper,
jade, turquoise,
wood, forging,
chasing, gilding,
incrustation,
length 73 cm.
(Moscow Kremlin
Museums).
Book Review
Silver Gifts from Swedish Monarchs to Russian Tsars in the 17th century, S. Silferstolpe, A. Kudriavtseva, I. Zagorodniaja et al