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The Museum Collections

Introduction
I. History and Art Collection
1. Icons of the 14th – 19th centuries
  • icons of the 14th – 17th century
    •  2. Jewelry art of the 14th – 20th century
  • jewelry art of the 14th – 17th century
  • jewelry art of the 18th – 19th century
  • the european silver 14th - 19th centuries
    •  3. Small-size sculptures (works of metal, wood, bone)
    XI – the beginning of the XX century
  • Small-size sculptures 11th – 17th century
  • Small-size sculptures 18th – early 20th century
  • enamel of Troitza masters 15-8th – early 20th century
    • 5.Embroidery, lace, textiles of the 14th - early 20th century
  • icon and ornamental embroidery
  • gold and silver lace
    •  6.Painting of the 18th – 21st centuries
  • painting of the 18th – 19th centuris
  • painting of the 20th – 21st centuris
    •  II.Manuscripts and old printed books of the 14th – 17th century
    IV.Lithography of the 18th – 19th century
    V.Numismatics
    VI.Medals of the 18th - early 20th century
    VIII.Archeology collection

    IX. Russian folk and applied and decorative art of the 17th – 21st c.
    1. Artistic wood
  • folk carved and painted wood
  • wooden toys
  • house carving of Sergiev Posad
  • Khokhloma and Gorodets painting
    •  2. Artistic textiles
  • embroidery and weaving
  • printed textiles and lace
  • Russian shawls
  • folk costumes
  • folk garments
  • printed cotton kerchiefs
    • Rus Eng

    Jewelry Art of the 14th – 17th cc. (page 3)

        Chasing occupied a significant place in adornments of items made of precious metals. Its soft shining reliefs decorate book covers, icon mountings, all kinds of secular and church articles. The craftsmen preferred floral patterns. The ornaments are rhythmic, graphic and distinct. The mounting for the icon “St. Sergius of Radonezh”, made to the order of Tsar Feodor Ivanovich, is an outstanding work of the 16th century Moscow chasers. It was used as a cover for the shrine of Sergius.

        There were skilful craftsmen in the Monastery too. They made a number of attractive items at the late 16th – early 17th century. The spherical chandeliers were commissioned by Cellarer Eustathius Golovkin and Marfa Vladimirovna Staritskaya. They were completely covered with a chased floral pattern and decorated with a sculptural dove. To some extent, the chandelier of 1568, presented by Ivan the Terrible, could be used as a model for them. The beautiful gospel cover was commissioned by the Monastery Cellarer Eustathius Golovkin in 1602.
    Icon. The Virgin Hodigitria. 16th century
    Icon. The Virgin Hodigitria.
    16th century    		 Mounting for the icon “St. Sergius of Radonezh”. 1585. Detail
    Mounting for the icon “St. Sergius of Radonezh”.
    1585. Detail    		 Gospel. 1602. Donated by Eustathius Golovkin
    Gospel. 1602.
    Donated by Eustathius Golovkin
        The works of the late 16th – early 17th century jewelry art are magnificent and luxurious, like the mounting of the main Monastery icon “The Trinity of Old Testament”, made to the order of Boris Godunov in 1599 – 1600. In the subsequent centuries the mounting was supplemented. In 1626, Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich presented the crescent collars, made by German craftsmen Hast Jakub and Lenta Johan who used the crescent collars of Ivan the Terrible as a model. In the mid-18th century the gilded silver chasuble, blocking the icon, was made.

        At the time of Boris Godunov engraving and niello was widely used together with chasing. The works of the Moscow Kremlin workshops were most decorative. Boris Feodorovich Godunov donated the Pearl icon-cloth, air “The Holy Trinity”, mitre, chalice of 1597, candlestick of 1599, gold plates, mounting for “The Trinity of Old Testament” painted by Andrei Rublev, decorated with nielloed plaques. Niello of the late 16th – early 17th century is very refined. The intricate engraved and nielloed floral pattern covers nearly the whole surface of the elegant chalice of 1597, presented by Boris Godunov, when he was a tsar stable boyar of Tsar Feodor Ivanovich.


    Mitre. Late 16th – early 17th century. Donated by Tsar Boris Godunov
    Mitre. Late 16th – early 17th century. Donated by Tsar Boris Godunov    		 Chalice. 1597. Donated by Boyar Boris Feodorovich Godunov
    Chalice. 1597. Donated by Boyar Boris Feodorovich Godunov    		 Candlestick. 1599. Donated by Tsar Boris Feodorovich Godunov
    Candlestick. 1599. Donated by Tsar Boris Feodorovich Godunov    		 Mounting for the icon “The Old Testament Trinity”, painted by Andrei Rublev. 16th - 18th centuries
    Mounting for the icon “The Old Testament Trinity”, painted by Andrei Rublev. 16th - 18th centuries
        The collection of the 17th century jewelry art is rich and varied. The mitre, donated to the Monastery in memory of Prince Feodor Ivanovich Mstislavsky by his wife and daughter. The main center of jewelry art was the Armory Chamber of the Moscow Kremlin. The gold- and silversmiths of the Armory Chamber developed the techniques of their predecessors. They made a lot of items to be donated to the Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery.

        The silversmith Ivan Leontiev was commissioned by the Duma Deacon Ivan Tarasyevich Gramotin to produce gold liturgical vessels – chalice, discos and two plates. The fine nielloed miniatures decorate the gold lid of the large silver cross-reliquary donated to the Monastery in memory of I.T. Gramotin. The miniatures are in perfect harmony with the cross decoration – delicate pearls on gold holders on the lid edges are combined with emeralds, rubies and a sapphire fixed on the low end of the cross. The gold cross, made by Andrei Malov, is marked by an exceptional beauty. It is decorated with chased gold plaques with nielloed images, multi-colored stones and pearls.


    Mitre. 1626. Donated in memory of Prince Feodor Ivanovich Mstislavsky
    Mitre. 1626. Donated in memory of Prince Feodor Ivanovich Mstislavsky    		 Chalice. First half of the 17th century. Work of Ivan Leontiev. Donated in memory of the Duma Deacon Ivan Tarasyevich Gramotin
    Chalice. First half of the 17th century. Work of Ivan Leontiev. Donated in memory of the Duma Deacon Ivan Tarasyevich Gramotin    		 Cross-reliquary. First half of the 17th century. Donated in memory of the Duma Deacon Ivan Tarasyevich Gramotin
    Cross-reliquary. First half of the 17th century. Donated in memory of the Duma Deacon Ivan Tarasyevich Gramotin    		 Cross-reliquary. 17th century. Work of Andrei Malov
    Cross-reliquary. 17th century. Work of Andrei Malov




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