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Silhouette of David Roentgen in Saint Petersburg, ca. 1784–86
Johann Friedrich Anthing (German, active in Russia, 1753–1805)
Russian; Saint Petersburg
Cut paper, ink, watercolor, gold foil
Ex coll.: David Roentgen
Gift of Leopold Heinemann, 1948 (48.73.1)

Roentgen (second from the right) is received by Strekaloff (with the long pipe), private secretary to the empress, to close a contract for a substantial order of furniture. Stephan Fedorovitsch, the imperial cabinet registrar, is taking notes. The central medallions above show Catherine the Great flanked by Grand Duke Paul and Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna.

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    • Silhouette of David Roentgen in Saint Petersburg, ca. 1784–86
    Johann Friedrich Anthing (German, active in Russia, 1753–1805)
    Russian; Saint Petersburg
    Cut paper, ink, watercolor, gold foil
    Ex coll.: David Roentgen
    Gift of Leopold Heinemann, 1948 (48.73.1)
     Reminder of overdue payment

    Ink on paper

    The reminder over the sum of 26,000 rubles, dated June 22, 1789, was written by David Roentgen in Saint Petersburg. It refers to the order the installation of three cabinets (from a set of five) for the Hermitage Palace sixteen months earlier. Roentgen designed these cabinets, each with one hundred drawers, to house parts of the cameo and medal collections of Catherine the Great.

    From the estate of David Roentgen. Thomas J. Watson Library, Gift of Leopold Heinemann, 1948