Mozaichist Imperial Academy of Fine Arts of St. Petersburg Bystryakov. Drawing (Architecture), sketch mosaic “of the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.” Mixed media.

Russian Empire, 1912 Material and Equipment: paper, pencil and watercolor. Size: 75 x 50 cm, in mat – 82 x 60.5 cm in the field of religious art in the XVIII-XIX centuries. Imperial Academy of Arts was considered one of the supreme arbiters of artistic evaluation and the main contractor of large government contracts (construction,…

Virgin of Smolensk, Novodevichy Convent in Moscow

Virgin of Smolensk, Novodevichy Convent in Moscow. Founded in 1525 the Grand Prince Vasily III to commemorate the capture of Smolensk by Russian troops in 1514 and in the name of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God, the main sanctuary of Smolensk. Cathedral – 1525, the walls of the end of XVII century,…