CARRIAGE. PARIS, 1754

EXPOSITION
HALL 1. RUSSIAN GOLD- AND SILVERWARE OF THE 12TH - EARLY 17TH CENTURY
HALL 2. RUSSIAN GOLD- AND SILVERWARE OF THE 17TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY
HALL 3. EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL CEREMONIAL ARMS AND ARMOUR OF THE 15TH - 19TH CENTURIES
HALL 4. RUSSIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR OF THE 12TH - EARLY 19TH CENTURY
HALL 5. WEST EUROPEAN SILVER OF THE 13TH - 19TH CENTURIES
HALL 6. ECCLESIASTICAL ATTIRE, PICTORIAL AND ORNAMENTAL EMBROIDERY OF THE 14TH - 18TH CENTURIES. RUSSIAN ROYAL GARMENT IN THE 16TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY
HALL 7. ANCIENT STATE REGALIA AND CEREMONIAL ITEMS OF THE 13TH - 18TH CENTURIES
HALL 8. CEREMONIAL HORSE HARNESS OF THE 16TH - 18TH CENTURIES
HALL 9. ROYAL CARRIAGES OF THE 16TH - 18TH CENTURIES

This splendid equipage was presented to Empress Elizaveta Petrovna by Kirill Razumovskiy in 1754. Brother to the Empress’s favourite Alexey Razumovskiy, Kirill Razumovskiy was under her patronage. He was granted the Count title in 1744, then became the President of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences in 1476 and appointed Hetman of Ukraine in 1750.

A group of recognized French masters worked on the creation of such an extraordinary present. The design of the spectacular form of the carriage is elaborated by French architect Nicolas Pineau. On its basis, master Drillerosse executed the equipage and decorated it with magnificent gilded carving. Panel-paintings were created by famous French artist Francois Bouchet. A splendid and entirely gilded carriage is naturally considered as one of the best specimens of the Rococo-style equipages, which has no direct analogues in any museums in the world.