2025 № 4 (55)
Reception of the Avant-garde in Russian Contemporary Art of the 1980s and 1990s
UDC 75.05
BBC 79; 85.101; 85.103
DOI: 10.51678/2226-0072-2025-4-460-481
For cit.: Vrionakis E.Ch. German Renaissance Paintings in the Collection of P.P. Vyazemsky: Characteristics of the Collection. Hudozhestvennaya kul’tura [Art & Culture Studies], 2025, no. 4, pp. 460-481. https://doi.org/10.51678/2226-0072-2025-4-460-481. (In Russian)
Vrionakis Evgeniya Ch.
PhD Student, Institute of History St. Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1178-5977
ResearcherID: ABC-5267–2021
German Renaissance Paintings in the Collection of P.P. Vyazemsky: Characteristics of the Collection
Abstract. Continuing the study on the collection of the diplomat and writer Prince Pavel Petrovich Vyazemsky (1820– 1888), the author of the article focuses on the characteristics of one of its parts — German painting of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, which makes the object of the study. The subject is the features that characterize this part of the collection. As examples confirming these characteristics, the article presents the works from the collection of P.P. Vyazemsky, the presence of which is proved by archival sources. Firstly, Vyazemsky’s collection included works of religious painting which had previously been in monasteries and churches. The appearance of such painting brings the prince’s collection closer to similar ones in Europe and is a consequence of the turbulent events of the early 19th century connected with the relations between France and the Holy Roman Empire and the subsequent secularization of 1803. A personal factor is also possible — an interest in the culture and art of the Middle Ages associated with the environment of the prince’s family. Secondly, despite the erroneous references to famous masters, which was not uncommon at that time, Pavel Petrovich Vyazemsky’s collection included works by leading artists and works considered rare in Russian museum collections. Thirdly, the German part of P.P. Vyazemsky’s collection was distinguished by a variety of regional schools, mainly southern ones.
Keywords: Prince P.P. Vyazemsky, Ostafyevo estate, collecting, primitives, Northern Renaissance, German Renaissance
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Received 23.05.2025
Accepted 11.08.2025
