Art Price Index: Russian Treasures

Published on 17 February 2021, by Sophie Reyssat

Icons, silverware and Imperial memorabilia... Russia enjoys a long tradition of excellence fostered by Imperial academies and manufactories.

€75,000Tapestry from a Russian Imperial workshop featuring the arms of General Pyotr... Art Price Index: Russian Treasures

€75,000
Tapestry from a Russian Imperial workshop featuring the arms of General Pyotr Van Suchtelen (Count Jan Pieter Van Suchtelen, 1751-1836), probably for the Mihailovsky Palace, c. 1825, 314 x 310 cm (123.63 x 122.05 in).
Paris, Drouot, April 5, 2011. Gros & Delettrez auction house.

In the mid-18 th century, as aristocrats began discovering European art on their journeys, falling in love with French works and having them imported at great expense, Catherine II (Catherine the Great, 1762-1796) decided to develop prestigious homegrown craftsmanship. The hemorrhaging of these treasures, a consequence of the Bolshevik Revolution, deprived…

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