Peter the Great as an Artist
Curator of the exhibition ‘Peter the Great. Collector, Scholar, Artist’, Doctor of Science Olga Dmitrieva.
Adriaan Schoonebeeck. “The Brief Way to Learn the Art of Etching to Perfection”
Manuscript book in the Dutch language. Amsterdam, 1698.
Ink on paper
Binding: wood panels in leather with gold embossment, gilded edging
The Manuscript Research Department of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg.
The Triumph of Christianity over Islam
Created by Peter the Great under the guidance of Adriaan Schoonebeeck
Paper, cardboard; etching
Received from the library of the ‘Peter the Great Gallery’ in the Hermitage in 1932
The Manuscript Research Department of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg
Medal Commemorating the Taking of Azov, 1696
Holland, 1697 (?)
Maker Jaan Boscham
Copper; chasing
Acquired before 1941
State Hermitage, St. Petersburg
On display in the Moscow Kremlin Museums from 30 November 2019 till 8 March 2020.
