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Source Description
This medallion is dated and signed on the back by Gregory Musikiiskii, the first Russian painter of portrait miniatures. It can be compared to an earlier enamel painting of Peter the Great with his family, now in the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, executed by the same artists in 1717. Here, the Russian emperor is depicted together with his wife Catherine, his three daughters Anna, Elizabeth (the future empress), and Natalia, and his grandson Peter (the future Peter II). Musikiiskii was transferred from the Moscow Kremlin Armory to St. Petersburg to work for the court of Peter the Great, the founder of modern Russia.
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Document identity
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21423
label
Portrait Medallion of Peter the Great and Family
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object
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Source metadata
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21423
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title
Portrait Medallion of Peter the Great and Family
description
This medallion is dated and signed on the back by Gregory Musikiiskii, the first Russian painter of portrait miniatures. It can be compared to an earlier enamel painting of Peter the Great with his family, now in the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, executed by the same artists in 1717. Here, the Russian emperor is depicted together with his wife Catherine, his three daughters Anna, Elizabeth (the future empress), and Natalia, and his grandson Peter (the future Peter II). Musikiiskii was transferred from the Moscow Kremlin Armory to St. Petersburg to work for the court of Peter the Great, the founder of modern Russia.
provenance
Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Saint Petersburg and Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1720 (Modern)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Enamels
medallions (medals)
miniatures (paintings)
portraits
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2
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2
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8
height
10.7
depth
0.8
dimensionsRaw
Overall H: 3 1/8 × W: 4 3/16 × D: 5/16 in. (8 × 10.7 × 0.8 cm)
Source extras
style
Baroque
inscriptions
[Transcription] Санктпїтербурх 1720 / Писалъ Г. Муссикіискій: Saint Petersburg 1720 / Painted by G. Mussikiiskii
reign
Peter I (1682-1725)
med
painted enamel on copper
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3800
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1
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photo
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2
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photo
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37768d2872f88ed4
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