Category: Moscow

War games

Post author By Jenny Antill
Post date February 7, 2022
Categories In Moscow, Peter the Great, Russian army
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The Russian army is rightly preoccupying people at present. When preparing for the first live talk I have given for quite a long time, I was trying to find a better image to illustrate Peter the Great’s ‘play regiments’. I came across this bright 17th century woodcut, the illustration from a book. I think the figure […]

Researching the history of the Pushkin Museum

Post author By Jenny Antill
Post date October 3, 2019
Categories In Exhibitions, Moscow
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The Pushkin Museum I have been busy this week researching the history of the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. Gainsborough’s House in Sudbury will close at the end of October to embark on its £8 million capital project. While it is closed some of its artworks will be travelling to Moscow to feature in an exhibition […]