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Celebrating Saint Petersburg
June 11, 2003–January 25, 2004
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Special Exhibitions Gallery
Celebrating the 300th anniversary of the founding of Saint Petersburg, the exhibition features the Metropolitan Museum’s principal holdings of Russian and European art, spanning the period from ca. 1700 through the early 20th century, that were either made in the imperial Russian capital or found in former Saint Petersburg collections. The selection of approximately 65 objects includes exquisitely crafted furniture, gold, silver, porcelain, and other luxury items of Russian as well as French, English, and German manufacture. Highlights of the display are the spectacular bust of Alexander Menshikov, the first governor of Saint Petersburg, a recently rediscovered ewer and basin from the "Golden Service" of Catherine I (r. 1725–27), and the newly acquired Imperial Tula steel table from Pavlovsk Palace. The exhibition inaugurates the Metropolitan’s new European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Special Exhibitions Gallery.
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