Moscow in the Russian medallic art
No. 2 (17) (2020), Forum
No. 2 (17) (2020)

Moscow in the Russian medallic art

Forum
УДК 737 DOI: https://doi.org/10.25712/ASTU.2518-7767.2020.02.007
Published 2020-06-26
Uliana Mikhailovna Volkova
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

eLibrary ID uliana.volkova@arts-museum.ru

Abstract

The article deals with the images of Moscow in the Russian medallic art of the 18th – beginning of the 20th century. Only one medal with the view of Moscow Kremlin was struck during 18th century. It was a medal dedicated to the inauguration of the Moscow University in 1754 by Helvetian medallieur Jacques-Antoine Dassier. During 19th – beginning of the 20th century, there were three types of the images of Moscow on the Russian medals. Moscow Kremlin, some landmark buildings or personification of the town are the main images depicted on the medals. Personification of Moscow is the most fascinating medallic image of the old capital. There were only three medals with this allegory. First personification of Moscow was shown on a medal dedicated to the Patriotic war of 1812 – “Liberation of Moscow” belonging to the series of count F.P. Tolstoy, minted in 1834. Allegory was dressed according to the Russian fashion of the beginning of the 19th century. And wore stylized sarafan (Russian folk costume) and kokoshnik (traditional Russian headdress). Two other personification were depicted after the first one.

https://doi.org/10.25712/ASTU.2518-7767.2020.02.007

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