Wednesday, April 10, 2013

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