Moscow Kremlin Museums:

Russia!

Covered icon of St. Nicholas the Miracle-Worker
Icon - Moscow, the XVIth century(?). Framework - Russia, Moscow, the end of the XVIth century. The Moscow Kremlin workshops. Gold, precious stones, pearls, wood, gesso. Egg tempera, carving, embossing, niello.
Gospel with cord
Framework - Moscow, 1679. Print - Moscow, 1677, the IXth century. Outside fabric binding (aksamit) - Italy, Venice, the XVIIth century. Interior fabric binding (satin) - Italy (?), the XVIIth century. Cord (satin) - Italy (?), the XVIIth century. Ribbon - Russia, the XVIIth century.
Chalice
Moscow, the XVIth century. Gold, embossing, niello, carving.
Sakkos of Patriarch Adrian (1690 - 1700)
Axamite velvet - Italy, the XVIIth century. Embroidery - Russia, the first half of the XVIIth century. The Moscow Kremlin Workshops, Tsarina's workshop chamber. Gold axamite velvet, velvet, taffeta, satin, silver, pearls. Weaving, embroidery.
Mitre
Russia, the XVIIIth century. Glossy silk, gold, taffeta, silver, pearls, precious stones. Weaving, embroidery, enamels, niello.
Altar cross
Russia, Moscow, the XVIIth century. Silver, precious stones, semiprecious stones. Embossing, carving, enamels, granulation, gilding.
Thurible
Russia, Moscow. 1616. The Moscow Kremlin workshops. Maker: Pestrikov Tretjak, Maker: Osipov Daniel. Gold, precious stones, stones. Embossing, niello, carving, granulation.
Panagia
Russia, Moscow. the XVIIth century. The Moscow Kremlin workshops. Gold, , precious stones, pearls, silver. Embossing, enamels, carving, gilding.

March, 29, 2006 - November, 3, 2006

Spain, Bilbao, the Guggenheim Museum

Organized by:: The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the State Russian Museum, the State Tretyakov Gallery, the State Hermitage Museum, Moscow Kremlin Museums

Covered icon of St. Nicholas the Miracle-Worker The grandiose exhibition named "Russia!" was opened on March, 29, in Bilbao city of Spain. It is placed in the most wonderful example of the contemporary architecture - the Guggenheim Museum, built according to the project of Frank O. Gehry, Canadian architect, in 1997. With a little alteration the exhibition reproduces the display, shown not long ago in the Guggenheim Museum of New York. It represents six main periods of the Russian art history, i.e. the icon age from the XIIIth through the XVIIth centuries; the XVIIIth and early XIXth centuries, the epoch of Peter the Great and Catherine the Great; the "golden age" and a group of artists historically known as the Wanderers; the Avant-garde of the early XXth century; the art known as Socialist Realism of the 1930s and 1940s and the modern art. The exhibits were brought from the Moscow Kremlin Museums, the State Russian Museum, the State Tretyakov Gallery, the State Hermitage Museum.

The Moscow Kremlin Museums have rendered 28 exhibits, including masterpieces of the Russian icon painting, right side and fancy embroidery, jewellery of the XVth-XVIIth centuries (in particular, works by the makers of the Armoury Chamber ). Liturgical vessels, Gospels and ornate icons, canonicals of clergymen reveal the beauty and magnificence of the Orthodox religious service.