Emperor Peter I, as you know, opened a window to Europe, shaved everyone's beards, and so on: he changed fashion forever. But a fairly large number of images of the early period of his life have survived, where he is not in wigs and camisoles, but in fur coats on the floor, sable hats, barmas and so on.
The fresco "Kin of the Kingdom will be blessed" from the Temple of Elijah the Prophet in Yaroslavl, 1716.
This fresco depicts "Tsar Peter Alekseevich" as a child, in Russian clothing, despite the fact that reforms are already in full swing.
The tree of Russian sovereigns. This is an image of the Romanov family tree. Here it is entirely - in addition to Mikhail Fedorovich and his sons, there is Sts. Vladimir, Boris and Gleb.
Nikita Zotov teaches Peter I various sciences.
Thumbnail from the manuscript 1st floor. 18th century "History of Peter I" by Peter Kryokshin.
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This manuscript was also created in the 18th century, but the Old Russian style is visible, largely due to the handmade technique. At the same time, both the baroque and its ornaments are very noticeable.
Here's another drawing from there.
This is a rifle revolt. The archers prowl the Kremlin with weapons (their figures below are darkened, because they wanted to erase and humiliate the “bad” characters).
Tsarina Natalya Kirillovna with little Peter and John - on the left, above.
Peter and Ivan at Patriarch Joachim.
And here's another manuscript.
The drawing located at the beginning of the Book of Love, a Sign of Honest Marriage by Karion Istomin, presented in 1689 as a wedding present to Peter the Great and Evdokia Lopukhina.
The newlyweds are depicted standing on the ground.
Above the newlyweds, on the clouds, the inhabitants of heaven sit: above Peter - Christ and St. Apostle Peter, over Eudoxia - the Mother of God and St. Evdokia. A kind of dialogue takes place between the celestials and the newlyweds: replicas are drawn from the lips of the characters in the form of lines. All the replicas shown on the miniature are quotes from the books of Holy Scripture and prayers: Peter and Eudoxia ask for blessings, and Christ and the Mother of God bless them.
From the lips of Peter the words rush to the Lord: “Bless us God, our God, bless us, God. Ps. 66 ", and Christ's response to Peter reads:" Blessing I will bless you and multiplying I will multiply your seed. Gen. 22 ". Evdokia appeals to the Mother of God for a blessing with the words of the canon of the Theotokos: "Lady, Virgin, help us." From the mouth of the Mother of God, the words of the 79th psalm are stretched out: "Look, O Lord, and visit this grape."
Unknown artist. Portrait of Tsarevich Peter Alekseevich. Late 17th - early 18th century.
In the second half of the 18th century, the portrait was part of a dynastic series of images of members of the Romanov family, collected by order of G. G. Orlova in the Marble Palace in St. Petersburg.
Here is my favorite portrait of Peter the Boy.
Miniature from "The Tsar's Titular", 1672
Portraits of Tsars Peter and Ivan from the manuscript "Book of the wedding to the kingdom of Peter I and Ivan V"
Guessing which of the brothers is which is difficult.
The golden times of the joint reign of Peter + Ivan (+ Sophia) in three quarters of the Ugric (Ugric is the Russian name for the Hungarian golden one weighing 3.4 g) for the Crimean campaigns of 1688-1689.
Break through.
Nikolay Larmessen. Tsars John and Peter Alekseevich. French engraving from 1685.
An audience with Peter, Ivan and Sophia.
Illustration from the book Derer beyden Czaaren in Reussland, Iwan und Peter AlexewizDerer beyden Czaaren in Reussland, Iwan und Peter Alexewiz, 1693
Equestrian image of Peter (probably the very first).
From the same book.
Hood. Gerard Jollyn. Ivan and Peter
The costumes are unimaginable, right?
Then there are also single images of Peter, without a co-ruler.
Tsar Peter, western engraving
Gradually, Peter's clothes are becoming more and more shortened, becoming "Polish" - this is how this fashion, more convenient for movement, was called in Russia.
Peter during the Grand Embassy to Europe, western engraving.
In 1698, in the "Polish". Who understands these hats - write clarifications.
Still of the same type.
Here, armor will be pushed under the sables - according to the tradition of a Western European ceremonial portrait.
Hood. Josiah Barbetta.
This enamel is a repetition of a painted portrait kept in the Palace of Versailles and, according to legend, donated by the king himself to the French king Louis XV.
The absence of the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called in the portrait allows the image to be dated to no later than 1703. This enamel is a repetition of the painted portrait kept in the Palace of Versailles and, according to legend, donated by the king himself to the French king Louis XV. The absence of the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called in the portrait allows the image to be dated no later than 1703.
Unknown artist.
From the Latin inscription on the back of the canvas, it can be assumed that the portrait dates back to the time of Peter I's stay in Konigsberg in May 1697.
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Old works are over, now historical paintings and drawings of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Claudius Lebedev. The death of Tsar Fyodor Alekseevich. 1897
At the bedside of the dying, apparently, Princess Sophia. Tsarina Natalya Kirillovna stands proudly, with her hand on the shoulder of her son Peter. Ivan is another boy nearby. Behind, another queen is crying - Martha Apraksina, the fresh widow of Fyodor.
Drawing from a 19th century book, appearance, of course, fictional, but based on the thumbnails above.
Claudius Lebedev. Peter and Zotov, 1913.
Nikolay Dmitriev-Orenburgsky. "Shooters Riot", 1862.
Karl Steiben "Peter the Great in childhood, saved by his mother from the rage of archers." 1830.
Notice that Peter is blond for some reason.
Alexey Korzukhin. Scene from the history of the Shooting Riot in 1682. (1882)
Ivan Naryshkin falls into the hands of the rebels. The mother of Peter I, Natalya Kirillovna, the sister of Ivan Naryshkin, is wailing on her knees. 10-year-old Peter consoles her. Sister of Peter I, Sophia, is watching with satisfaction the events that will lead her to power.
Double wedding to the kingdom of Ivan and Peter. Fig. from Brockhaus.
V. Vereshchagin. Sophia, Peter and Ivan, 1896. Album "History of the Russian State in the images of its sovereign rulers with a short explanatory text."
This double throne for a double reign, by the way, has survived to this day (in the Armory).
Grigory Myasoyedov. "The grandfather of the Russian fleet."
Franz Timerman explains to Pyotr Alekseevich the construction of a boat, found in one of the barns in the village of Izmailovo.
Aleksey Kivshenko "Peter the First controls a sailing boat." 1864.
Peter I in the German settlement. Drawing by A. Zemtsov, engraving by Schübler.
Here is the most spectacular one about comparison.
Ilya Repin. "Arrival of Tsars John and Peter Alekseevich to the Semyonovsky amusing courtyard, accompanied by their retinue", 1900
Peter is not yet in Western European dress, but the difference between the two worlds is already obvious.
And in the end it will be like this.
