PAUL I -- STAEHLIN, Jakob von. Uveselitel'nikh' ognei predstavlennikh' v' okonchanie brachnago torzhestva Ikh' Imperatorskikh' Visochestv' v' Sankt Peterburge . [First (and Second) Allegorical Representation of the Fireworks on the Occasion of the Marriage of Their Imperial Highnesses in St. Petersburg, 10 October 1773]. St. Petersburg: [M. Nemop, 1773]. 2 plates (each c. 505 x 430mm) by C.M. Roth after Staehlin, printed on white silk, backed with blue silk folded over the margins to form an ornamental frame (583 x 485mm), matted. VERY RARE IMPRESSIONS ON SILK OF FIREWORKS DISPLAYS celebrating the marriage of Paul, later Emperor Paul I, the eldest son of Catherine the Great, and his first wife Natalya Alexeevna, née Wilhelmine, Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt. The first plate credits Jakob von Staehlin (1709-1785) as the artist, and Christoph Melchior (d. ca.1798) as the engraver; they were almost certainly also responsible for the second plate. Although little is known of them now, they were evidently accomplished artists whose work was sufficiently prized in Russia to earn them this Imperial commission. The first scene is set at the Temple of Justice, with its altar symbolizing Catherine's sacrifice for the benefit of Russia. The second scene is set in a garden, with the children of Russia dancing around an Obelisk to Love and Concord festooned with roses by angels -- a monument erected to commemorate the marriage. Bold fireworks displays fill the skies of both scenes. The Getty Centre holds an ordinary impression on paper of these two engravings (in DK172.F52 1740: A Collection of Firework Displays in Eighteenth Century Russia). (2)
PAUL I -- STAEHLIN, Jakob von. Uveselitel'nikh' ognei predstavlennikh' v' okonchanie brachnago torzhestva Ikh' Imperatorskikh' Visochestv' v' Sankt Peterburge . [First (and Second) Allegorical Representation of the Fireworks on the Occasion of the Marriage of Their Imperial Highnesses in St. Petersburg, 10 October 1773]. St. Petersburg: [M. Nemop, 1773]. 2 plates (each c. 505 x 430mm) by C.M. Roth after Staehlin, printed on white silk, backed with blue silk folded over the margins to form an ornamental frame (583 x 485mm), matted. VERY RARE IMPRESSIONS ON SILK OF FIREWORKS DISPLAYS celebrating the marriage of Paul, later Emperor Paul I, the eldest son of Catherine the Great, and his first wife Natalya Alexeevna, née Wilhelmine, Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt. The first plate credits Jakob von Staehlin (1709-1785) as the artist, and Christoph Melchior (d. ca.1798) as the engraver; they were almost certainly also responsible for the second plate. Although little is known of them now, they were evidently accomplished artists whose work was sufficiently prized in Russia to earn them this Imperial commission. The first scene is set at the Temple of Justice, with its altar symbolizing Catherine's sacrifice for the benefit of Russia. The second scene is set in a garden, with the children of Russia dancing around an Obelisk to Love and Concord festooned with roses by angels -- a monument erected to commemorate the marriage. Bold fireworks displays fill the skies of both scenes. The Getty Centre holds an ordinary impression on paper of these two engravings (in DK172.F52 1740: A Collection of Firework Displays in Eighteenth Century Russia). (2)
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