Show all images on one page	#004457 Title: St.Basils Artist: Yunusov Rinat Size: 9.5x12.5x2.5 Size (inches): 3.75x5x1 Price : $750 SOLD!

Talented artist Rinat Yunusov is responsible for a series of works dedicated to the Moscow Kremlin, and here is the one of them.
On this box he has painted a picturesque view of the Pokrovsky Cathedral (better known as the St. Basil's Cathedral) and the Tsarskaya Tower. This gorgeous bird's-eye view was made from a side of Tsarskaya Tower. We also can see a part of red brick Kremlin wall on a front of the painting.
The Cathedral, which was commissioned by Ivan IV (also known as Ivan the Terrible) in Moscow to commemorate the capture of the Khanate of Kazan. In 1588 Tsar Fedor Ivanovich had a chapel added on the eastern side above the grave of Basil Fool for Christ (yurodivy Vassily Blazhenny), a Russian Orthodox saint after whom the cathedral was popularly named.
A wide range of bright oils has been used by the artist to paint this work. Gold paint highlights the pavement, the cupolas of the Pokrovsky Cathedral and some trees.
On a far away perspective we also can see the shapes of the famous Stalin's Sky-scrapers.So the picturesque of Moscow is very realistic!
The box's exterior imitates the coloring of a green stone (turquoise blurry spots are scattered against the black lacquered surface), while the interior is traditionally red.
The box is made out of paper-mache. The lid is hinged from the left of the scene, and the box rests on a flat bottom. Signed with the artist's name, and the title ("Moscow 2008. The Tsarskaya Tower").