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N. Arkhipov

This is a beautiful example of architectural landscape painting by a Kholui artist. The box is decorated with images of famous and most recognizable monuments of St. Petersburg, including the Winter Palace, the Admiralty, the Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Isaac’s Cathedral, and the Monument to Peter the Great by Falconet.
Artist
N. Arkhipov
(Russian)
Title
St. Petersburg
Date
1998
Medium
Papier-mâché, paint, and lacquer
Dimensions
1 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 3 in. Overall
Credit
From the Collection gifted by Frederick C. Seibold, Jr.
Accession No.
2008.44.19
Geography
Russia

Related

  • Chazen Museum of Art. "Russian Lacquer Boxes: A Narrative Tradition." Madison: Chazen Museum of Art, 2006. p. 15, no. 55

  • Russian Lacquer Boxes: A Narrative Tradition: Chazen Museum of Art, 11/18/2006–1/14/2007

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