Lecture: The Glamorous Age of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna February 23, 2012
4155 Linnean Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia 20008
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia 20008
Join Dr. Ekaterina Khmelnitskaya of the State Hermitage Museum as she discusses the daughter of Peter the Great, Empress Elizabeth, and her reign over one of the most brilliant pages in the artistic history of Russia. The lecture will explore the Empress’s founding of the Imperial Porcelain Works in 1744 and the spectacular pieces of table decoration that enhanced the balls, dinners, masquerades, concerts, and firework displays that made the Russian Court an eternal festival.
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Added by Hillwood on January 10, 2012