Introducing Russian Classical Art

Diadem with large pink diamond and smaller white diamonds - circa 1810 - most likely belonged to Elizabeth Aleksandrovna, wife of Aleksander I. 

The photo was taken in 1930s. During the World War II, Nereditsa Church was  destroyed almost completely. Later, in 1950s, the church itself was restored, but frescoes could not be saved. 

PEARL ROPE NECKLACE WITH DIAMOND TASSELS~ part of the major collection of Princess Lobanoff de Rostoff, née Princess Dolgorouky, who evaded the Bolshevik Revolution with her jewels.

Iphigenia in Tauris

A retrospective of his works has just opened at Tretiyakoskaya gallery in Moscow. Watch YouTube to see a queue: http://youtu.be/RKrkylmHBKI

Diamond imperial cyphers of the Empress Maria Feodorovna Russian Jewels spam

Empress Maria Feodorovna (wife of Paul I, not the other one) commissioned a diadem from the famous Duval Brothers. The Empress wanted something that would remind of the Russian fields, and so the brothers created a diadem of oak and laurel leaves, bordered by sheaves of wheat.

Small Imperial Crown made in 1856 for the coronation ceremony of Empress Maria Alexandrovna. It has 1393 diamonds.

Kazimir Malevich, The Reaper on Red, oil on canvas,1913

Isaac Levitan - Boulevard in winter, 1883

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Artist: Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovsky Year: 1870 Type: Oil on canvas

This particular painting above shows us the Moscow Kremlin in a very unusual way. For example, only few remember that originally the Kremlin walls used to be white, not red as we’re all used to see them. Moreover there are no more small wooden houses by the Kremlin walls these days and the landscape itself has changed significantly. All in all Vinogradov’s work gives quite a lyrical, romantic impression of that landscape which is curious.

Almost Submerged. 1930