ANN: Online lecture series, Princeton and St Petersburg: Collecting Art in Imperial Russia (from 24 Sep 2020)

Collecting Art in Imperial Russia
A series of lectures (webinars) organised jointly by Princeton University and the European University at St Petersburg

on ZOOM
Thursdays at Noon (12.00 EST) (+5 hours for London, +6 for Paris, +7 for Moscow in September and April, but +8 for Moscow October to March )
Starting September 24, 2020

Links for each lecture will be available on the REES website: Events | PIIRS

September 24, 2020
How to be a European: Collecting Drawings in Imperial Russia
Catherine Phillips, European University at St Petersburg

October 22, 2020
The Yusupovs in Paris: Building a Collection
Wilfried Zeisler, Hillwood Museum

November 12, 2020
From Rudolf II to Catherine II: Goltzius’ Without Bacchus and Ceres, Venus is Chilled and its Iconography
Alexei Larionov, State Hermitage Museum and European University at St Petersburg

February 18, 2021
The Hermitage or a ‘Museum’ in 1770 According to Catherine the Great
Guillaume Nicoud, Archivio del Moderno, Mendrisio

March 18, 2021
Power and Paint: The Patronage of Women Artists at the Court of Catherine II
Rosalind P. Blakesley, Cambridge University

April 8, 2021
A Tale of Two Collections: The Icons of Nikolai Likhachev and Ilya Ostroukhov
Wendy Salmond, Chapman University

April 22, 2021
Rembrandt in Russia in the 19th Century: Prints and their Collectors
Roman Grigoriev, State Hermitage Museum and European University at St Petersburg

Organized by
Basile Baudez, Princeton University
Catherine Phillips, European University at St Petersburg
Ekaterina Pravilova, Princeton University