Gallery. Author's cycle Victoria Markova - 11 March 2025, 10:40

Russia has the richest collection of Italian artists of the XVII – XIX centuries. Italian canvases of old masters were brought to Russia for private collections, for decorating houses and estates. And the history of Russian gathering began with Peter I. And the first collections of Western European painting were brought to Russia by order of Russian emperors. – Victoria Markova, doctor of art history, chief researcher of the A. S. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. – Oksana Shaparova with the participation of Victoria Markova. - Andrei Kijanitsa.

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Russia has the richest collection of Italian artists of the XVII – XIX centuries. Italian canvases of old masters were brought to Russia for private collections, for decorating houses and estates. And the history of Russian gathering began with Peter I. And the first collections of Western European painting were brought to Russia by order of Russian emperors. – Victoria Markova, doctor of art history, chief researcher of the A. S. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. – Oksana Shaparova with the participation of Victoria Markova. - Andrei Kijanitsa.

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