The exhibition "Russian History in Portraits"

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The exhibition "Russian History in portraits. Private collection of Russian miniatures end of XVII - XIXvv. SEPHEROT Foundation. Lichtenstein. »State Historical muzey.2 December 2010 - February 28, 2011
State Historical Museum
Address: 109012 Moscow, Red Square, Building 1

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In this exhibition SEPHEROT Foundation is the first time he owned a unique collection of portrait miniatures from the Russian end of the XVII-XIX century. Due to the high artistic level, the availability of outstanding works and rarities, the systematic composition and richness of the iconography of this collection would make the pride of any museum.
Rare in the Russian collections enamel miniature in the collection of the fund represented by the works of all the major enamel - GS Musikiyskogo, AI Chernov, PG Zharkov, DI Evreinova.
Classical Miniatures for portraits technique - watercolor and gouache on ivory plates - also provided the names of almost all significant artists working in Russia - is A.-F.-G. Viollet, A. J. Ritt, P. A. Rossi, M. Zatsepin, P. E. Rokshtul and others.
There are almost completely assembled royal iconography from Peter I to Alexander II, portraits of prominent military and public figures such as Alexander Suvorov, GA Potemkin, AA Bezborodko, Stroganov, members of the Patriotic War of 1812 , and foreign journeys (Kutuzov, P. H. Wittgenstein, Bagration, and others), prominent representatives of aristocratic society, including EI Orlova, T. Yusupov, EK Vorontsova.

SEPHEROT Foundation (Liechtenstein) Private collection of Russian miniatures end of XVII-XIX centuries.

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A partial catalog of the exhibition "History of Russia in the portraits. Private collection of Russian miniatures end of XVII - XIXvv. SEPHEROT Foundation. Lichtenstein. »GIM. http://www.art-bridge.info/events/ma...h/catalog.html