Klauber johann (ignatius) sebastian klauber iohann-sebastian 1745, augsburg – 1817, st. Petersburg rodomysl xix century 1816 - 1818 based on the medal of f. P. Tolstoy etching, cutter. 505x354; 330x230 mm. 3rd condition under the image on the left: composed and cut out by g. Θ: tolstoy engraved by i. S. Klauber; on the right: composé et creusé cte théo: tolstoy and engraved by i. S. Klauber. At the bottom of the sheet, on the left: se vend à st. Petersburg at the academy of fine arts; on the right: par son très humble très obeysant et très sourmis serviteur ign. Sebastian klauber. Under the image in the center, on the left: rodomysl, was the god of the ancient slavs. The main qualities were attributed to him: courage, wisdom, truth. By these qualities in the features of the blessed liberator of the peoples, who would not recognize rodomysl of the nineteenth century?; on the right is the same text in french. Below: dédiée à smi l`impératrice elisabeth alexiewna provenance: collection of d. A. Rovinsky (st. Petersburg); rumyantsev museum (since 1898); in the pushkin museum since 1924 inv. Gr-516 reference books: rovinsky d. A. Detailed dictionary of russian engravers of the 16th - 19th centuries. Spb. , 1895. Vol. 2, column 498, no. 1; rovinsky d. A. Detailed dictionary of russian engraved portraits. Spb. , 1886 - 1889. Vol. 1, column 112, no. 441; morozov a. V. Catalogue of my collection of russian engraved and lithographed portraits. Moscow, 1912. Vol. 1, columns 82 - 83, no. 443 alexander i is presented as the slavic god rodomysl. This composition was the obverse of all of tolstoy's medals dedicated to the patriotic war of 1812. From the same medal by tolstoy n. I. Utkin made an essay engraving for the book "a collection of various images from medals. . Representing the most famous military actions that occurred in 1812, 1813, 1814, invented by count f. P. Tolstoy, described by a. S. Shishkov" (st. Petersburg, 1818). Date: 19th century.
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