Petr I i Gollandiia: russko-gollandskie khudozhestvennye i nauchnye sviazi: k 300-letiiu Velikogo posol’stva / Peter the Great and Holland: Russian and Dutch Artistic and Scientific Contacts: Dedicated to the 300th Anniversary of the Great Embassy
St. Petersburg: Slavia / HERM, 1996. Sewn pb. This exhibition catalogue of arts, crafts, and scientific specimens that Peter the Great brought back or purchased from the Dutch includes natural wonders, costume, jewelry, medals, coins, cameos, books, paintings, drawings, and prints. Now at the Hermitage Museum, the Russian Academy of Arts, and the Amsterdam Historical Museum these works of art and artifacts ended up in Russian collections thanks to Peter the Great’s interest in Western European art and science. Among the paintings that came to Russia through the impulse of Peter the Great are Rembrandt’s "David Parting from Jonathan" and Jacob van Ruysdael's "Damrak in Amsterdam." 184 pp., 9 3/8 x 11 1/4 ins., 67 b-&-w illus., 133 color, sewn pb., Rus. with captions in ENGLISH. Item #2510
ISBN: 5886540202
Price: $68.00