Show all images on one page	#004458 Title: St.Basil's Cathedral Artist: Mitusov Alexander Size: 10x13x3 Size (inches): 4x5x1.25 Price : $750 SOLD!

Alexander Mitusov of Fedoskino is the artist who painted this picturesque view of the Pokrovsky Cathedral (better known as the St. Basil's Cathedral) on a Red Square.
Various shades of blue and yellow are dominate here. A piece of mother-of-pearl inlaid in the center of the scene shines through the walls of St.Basil's Cathedral. The correctness of drawing gives exceptional depth!
In the foreground we can see about 20 people that came to see this famous 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.
The box's exterior imitates coloring of marble (dark and light blue tiny veins are scattered densely against the black lacquered surface). The lid and the box's sides are decorated with elegant silver scan patterns. The box's interior is traditionally red.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. The lid is hinged from the left of the scene, and rests on a flat bottom. Signed with the artist's name, and the village of Fedoskino.