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Exhibition Review
Peter the Great: Collector, Scholar, Artist. Moscow Kremlin Museums
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 248-250
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Reviewer:
Kocialkowska, Kamila (Kocialkowska, Kamila)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Moscow Kremlin Museums, Moscow, Russia
places:
Russia
subjects:
Collecting / Royalty / Propaganda / Regalia / Displays / Enlightenment / Tsars / Cultural history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Peter the Great: Collector, Scholar, Artist Moscow Kremlin Museums 29th November 2019–8th March | :
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
Museo Statale Ermitage. La scultura italiana dal XVII al XVIII secolo: Da Bernini a Canova. Catalogo della Collezione. Edited by Sergej Androsov
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1076-1077
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Reviewer:
Warren, Jeremy (Warren, Jeremy)
Subjects
artists:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo / Algardi, Alessandro / Canova, Antonio / Foggini, Giovanni Battista
collectors and dealers:
Farsetti, Filippo
dates:
1600-1699 / 1700-1799 / 1800-1849
media:
Sculpture / Terracottas / Bronzes
museums and institutions:
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
patrons:
Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725
places:
Russia / Saint Petersburg / Italy
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Collections / Collections, Public / Collecting / Patronage / Commissions / Catalogues / Provenance / Attributions / Attributions, former / Baroque / Roman (post-Classical)
Article
Peter the Great on Horseback: A Terracotta by Rusconi
12/1994 | 1101 | 136
Pages: 816-821
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Author:
Androsov, Sergei (Androsov, Sergei; Androssow, S. O.; Androsov, Sergei Olegovich; Androssov, Sergey O.; Androssov, Sergey)
Author:
Enggass, Robert (Enggass, Robert)
Subjects
artists:
Rusconi, Camillo
dates:
1650-1749
places:
Italy / Russia
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Terracottas
subjects:
Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725
subjects:
Equestrian statues
Illustrations
Attributed works:
30. Peter the Great on Horseback, Here Attributed to Camillo Rusconi. Terracotta, 44 cm. High, 41 cm. Wide. (Hermitage, St Petersburg).
Attributed works:
31. Detail of Horse's Head in Fig.30. [Peter the Great on Horseback, Here Attributed to Camillo Rusconi. Terracotta, 44 cm. High, 41 cm. Wide. (Hermitage, St Petersburg).]
Attributed works:
32. Fortitude, by Camillo Rusconi. 1685-86. Stucco. (S. Ignazio, Rome).
Attributed works:
33. Sketch for a Monument to Peter the Great, by Bartolomeo Carlo Rastrelli. 1716. Pen and Ink. (Central State Archive of the Ancient Acts, Moscow).
Attributed works:
34. Peter the Great, by Bartolomeo Carlo Rastrelli. Bronze. (Michael Castle, St Petersburg).
Attributed works:
35. Detail of the Horse's Head in Fig.36. [Peter the Great on Horseback, by Étienne-Maurice Falconet. Bronze. (St Petersburg).]
Attributed works:
36. Peter the Great on Horseback, by Étienne-Maurice Falconet. Bronze. (St Petersburg).
Article
Western European Tapestries in the Hermitage
08/1965 | 749 | 107
Pages: 413-416
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Author:
Biriukova, Nina (Biriukova, Nina; Biriukova, N. IU.; Biryukova, N. Y.)
Author:
Slive, Zoya (Slive, Zoya)
Subjects
artists:
Jouvenet, Jean-Baptiste
artists:
Hecke, Jan Frans van den
dates:
1650-1749
museums and institutions:
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
patrons:
Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725
places:
France / Russia / Paris
subjects:
Textiles / Tapestries
subjects:
Gobelins Manufactory
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. Detail from The Parable of Christ at the Feast of the Pharisee. Fragment of a Tapestry from the Series New Testament after a Cartoon by Jean Jouvenet. France, Manufactury of Gobelins, 1712-15. (Hermitage, Leningrad.)
Attributed works:
20. The Raising of Lazarus. Tapestry from the Series New Testament after a Cartoon by Jean Jouvenet. France, Manufactury of Gobelins, 1712-16. (Hermitage, Leningrad.)
Attributed works:
21. The Miraculous Draught of Fishes. Tapestry from the Series New Testament after a Cartoon by Jean Jouvenet. France, Manufactury of Gobelins, 1712-17. (Hermitage, Leningrad.)
Attributed works:
22. Alexander of Macedon and the Family of Darius. Tapestry from the Series Story of Alexander of Macedon after Cartoons by Charles Lebrun. Brussels, Workshop of Jean-François van den Hecke, 1660-95. (Hermitage, Leningrad.)
Short Notice
Portraits by Kneller in Russia
08/1965 | 749 | 107
Pages: 424-426
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Author:
Ernst, Serge (Ernst, Serge)
Author:
Zveguintzov, Wladimir (Zveguintzov, Wladimir)
Subjects
artists:
Kneller, Godfrey
dates:
1650-1699
patrons:
Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725
places:
England / Russia
subjects:
British painting / Portraits / Patronage
Illustrations
Attributed works:
44. Czar Peter the Great, by Sir Godfrey Kneller. 1697-98. Canvas. (Formerly Romanov Gallery, Winter Palace, Leningrad.)
Attributed works:
45. Czar Peter the Great, by Jan Weenix. Signed. Canvas (Oval), 58 by 46 cm. (Formerly Romanov Gallery, Winter Palace, Leningrad.)
Attributed works:
46. King William III on Horseback, by Sir Godfrey Kneller. 1697. Canvas, 129 by 107 cm. (Formerly Gatchina Palace, near Leningrad.)
Attributed works:
47. King George I at the Guildford Horse Race, by Sir Godfrey Kneller and John Wootton. Canvas, 133 by 107 cm. (Formerly Gatchina Palace, near Leningrad.)
Article
Some Collections of Western Art in Russia
02/1959 | 671 | 101
Pages: 46-51+53
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Author:
Chamot, Mary (Chamot, Mary; Chamot, M.)
Subjects
artists:
Scorel, Jan van
artists:
Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista
collectors and dealers:
Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725
dates:
1950-1959
museums and institutions:
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
museums and institutions:
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
places:
Russia / Saint Petersburg / Moscow
subjects:
Art museums / Collections / Paintings
subjects:
Patronage / Collecting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Madonna, by Jan van Scorel. Panel, 66 by 44 cm. (Museum, Tambov.)
Attributed works:
6. Donor, by Jan van Scorel. Panel, 65 by 44 cm. (Staatliche Museen, Berlin.)
Attributed works:
7. Cleopatra's Feast, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Canvas, 328 by 600 cm. (Arkhangelskoye, near Moscow.)
Attributed works:
8. Room at Arkhangelskoye, near Moscow, Showing Tiepolo's Meeting of Anthony and Cleopatra (Canvas, 328 by 600 cm.; Dated 1747) Hanging on the Wall.
Western art unattributed:
10. General View of the French Eighteenth-Century Gallery, Pushkin Museum, Moscow.
Western art unattributed:
9. View of Ostankino, near Moscow.
Article
The Battle of Poltava, by Nattier
07/1930 | 328 | 57
Pages: 15-17
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Author:
Mamurovsky, V. (Mamurovsky, V.)
Subjects
artists:
Nattier, Jean-Marc
dates:
1700-1749
patrons:
Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725
places:
France / Russia
subjects:
French painting / Attributions
subjects:
Battles / Iconography
subjects:
Documents / Sources
Illustrations
Attributed works:
The Battle of Poltava, Here Identified As by Nattier. Canvas, 90 by 112 cm. (Moscow Museum of Fine Arts). The Battle of Poltava, by Nattier