Unknown artist of the 18th century portrait of elizabeth petrovna 1758 — 1760. Mosaic. 130 x 120 state russian museum, st. Petersburg hall n6 the mosaic portrait was made in the workshop of m. V. Lomonosov, who began working as a glass technologist and mosaic artist in the second half of the 1740s. Having discovered mosaics in the st. Sophia cathedral in kyiv and the churches of novgorod, the scientist spent many years searching for the secret of making smalt — colored glassy masses of various shades. In russia, this secret was lost, and in western europe it was kept secret. In the first chemical laboratory in russia that he organized, lomonosov developed the technology and technique for producing smalt, and from the early 1750s he began his creative practice. In the koporsky district near oranienbaum, near the ruditsa river, he founded the ust-ruditsa glass factory, which released its first artistic products in 1754. For the set, lomonosov used smalts of a fairly large size - up to 2 cm. The mosaic portrait of elizabeth petrovna is distinguished by its exquisite polychromy, the texture of the objects and the softness of the fabrics are brilliantly conveyed. The moire ribbon of the order of st. Andrew the first-called consists of light blue, azure, and blue smalts, wonderfully matched by sound. Date: between 1758 and 1760.
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