Sunday, April 21, 2013

unknown artist, a walk to the private garden, 1820

unknown artist, an outing in front of the Pil tower, 1820

unknown artist, The Apollo colonnade, 1825

unknown artist, the Elizabeth pavilion, 1825

unknown artist, the foundation obelisk, 1825



unknown artist, The Grand cascade, 1825

unknown artist, the interior of the aviary, 1825

unknown artist, The Iron Bridge, 1825

unknown artist, The monument to Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna, 1825

unknown artist, the rose pavilion, 1820

unknown artist, the Visconti bridge, 1825

Friday, April 19, 2013

Images of Pavlovsk park

G.L.Lory, The imperial place of the Pawlovskij viewed from the middle of the gardens, 1805

G.Quarenghi, The monument to Princess Frederica, 1790

G.Quarenghi, the Apollo colonnade and cascade, c.1800

G.Schwartz,the changing of the guard in the state vestibule on the first floor, 1848

P.Gonzaga, decorative sceme for the gallery, early nineteenth century

unknown artist, a walk past the amphitheatre, 1820

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Engravings by I.V. Tchesky depicting Pavlovsk park

I.V.Tcheski, after S.F.Shedrin, view of the temple of Friendship with the cascade near the  Chalet in the Imperial gardens at Pawlovskij, 1805

K.V.Tchesky, after S.F.Schedrin, view of the Pil tower, 1805

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

J.J.Mettenleiter's views of Pavlovsk

J.J.Mettenleiter, A court outing, before 1796

J.J.Mettenleiter, The swiss downs, before 1792

Interesting articles about Maria Fedorovna's portraits in German collections

The number of portraits that were created for Maria Fedorovna is equal to the number of portraits created for Catherine the Great. Lyudmila Markina traveled to Germany and discovered rare images depicting Maria Fedorovna made by J.A.Benner,I.F.Anting,P.Hall, E.B.Sivers, I.B.Lampi,A.Gube.
Markina, L.,”Izobrazheniya Marii Fedorovny v sobraniyakh Germanii”, Pinakoteka, 2000, issues 10-11

There is another important article dedicated to Maria Fedorovna's iconography in general:

Lebedeva, E.,"Ikonografiya Marii Fedorovny", proceedings from the IV conference "Pavlovskiye chteniya", Saint Petersburg, 1999,  p.53-56.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

An interesting article on Maria Fedorovna as an artist

I would recommend a chapter from the book "Women and Material culture, 1660-1830" to everyone interested in Maria Fedorovna as an artist. The chapter is called: Sculpting in Tiaras: Grand Duchess Maria Fedorovna as a Producer and Consumer of the arts by Rosalind P.Blakesley.
http://books.google.com.au/books/about/Women_and_Material_Culture_1660_1830.html?id=QRiFQgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
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A.G.Ukhtomsky's engravings with views of Pavlovsk

A.G.Ukhtomsky, after S.F.Schedrin, view of the fortress of the Pavlovskij by Moonlight, 1805

A.G.Ukhtomsky, after S.F.Shedrin, view of the palace and garden of Pawlovskij, taken from the shores of the lake, 1805

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Views of Pavlovsk by G.S.Sergeev

G.S.Sergeev, The New Chalet, 1799

G.S.Sergeev, The Old Chalet, 1799

G.S.Sergeev, The Pil tower, 1799

G.S.Sergeev, The temple of Friendship on the banks of the Slavyanka river, 1799

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Views of Pavlovsk by A.Bugreev

A.Bugreev, Plan of the park, 1803

A.Bugreev, The Elizabeth pavilion, 1803

A.Bugreev, The new Chalet, 1803

A.Bugreev, The valley of the Slavyanka, 1803

A.Bugreev, the old Chalet

A.Bugreev, view of Pavlovsk, 1803

View from the Three Graces pavilion

artist unknown, a conversation in the pavilion of three Graces, 1820

Monday, April 8, 2013

Maria Fedorovna's interest in botany. Items from the Pavlovsk museum collection

Maria Fedorovna's travel writing set, 1826, Pavlovsk museum

Maria Fedorovna's notepads from 1808 and 1820s

The album from the Roses pavilion, Pavlovsk

Botanical catalogues, Pavlovsk

Herbarium from the Pavlovsk museum

Portrait of Catherine the Great as Minerva made by Maria Feodorovna in 1790s

Maria Feodorovna, Portrait of Catherine the Great as Minerva, 1790s, Pavlovsk  palace - museum

Bas-reliefs from Maria Fedorovna's carved stones

Bas-reliefs from Maria Fedorovna's carved stones , 1801, The Moscow Kremlin museum