Картинная галерея Кирилла Разумовского в доме на Мойке.
Art gallery of palace of Kirill Razumovsky on the bank of the Moika

Summary/Abstract: Art collection of Kirill Razumovsky (1728–1803) was considered to be one of the best in the late 18th century, but in the beginning of the 19th century the collection was already scattered. However, due to the historical document discovered some time ago, we got the opportunity to re-establish the collection. The list of the paintings hanging in the palace of Kirill Razumovsky on the bank of the Moika river in Saint Petersburg gives us the names of the paintings, their dimensions, and also the names, the dates and the places of birth of their authors. Here are the leading European art schools in the collection: over 70 works of Italian authors, the Dutch pieces account for about 40, so do the French, the number of the Flemish is lower, and less than 10 German and Russian works. After the second European trip in 1765-1767 the collection expanded. The person responsible for placing the paintings and restoration in the newly built palace was G. A. Martinelli. Most of the artists mentioned in the inventory were born and worked in Italy, among them: J. Bassano, A. Caracci, Guercino, P. J. Batoni, J. P. Panini, A. Ioli. The palace was decorated with the paintings of Dutch and Flemish artists of 16-18th century, including Rembrandt, M. de Hondecoeter, F. Moucheron and I. Moucheron, W. van de Velde, N. Berchem, A. Brouwer, F. Snyders, P. Bruegel the Elder and J. Bruegel («Velvet»). French art was represented first of all with watercolors, including Charles-Louis Clerisseau. Very few of the works of Russian artists which hung in the Petersburg house were signed, among them the works of A. Matveev, D. G. Levitsky, A. P. Losenko and M. V. Lomonosov. In our research we managed to trace the location of a number of works of the Razumovsky collection in the house on the Moika river.

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