Show all images on one page	#005550 Title: View of Nikolskiy Naval Cathedral in St.Petersburg Artist: Kozlov Sergey Size: 11x14x3 Size (inches): 4.25x5.5x1.25 Price : $3750 SOLD!

This beautiful box is a creation of a Top 5 Fedoskino Artist-Sergey Kozlov.
The box shows one of the "hidden corners" of St.Petersburg which can show you his beauty only after a precise look...How many of them in Russian Northern Capital?
Nikolskiy Naval Cathedral is the masterpiece that combines baroque style with elements of traditional Russian architecture. It was built under guidence of architect S. Tchevakinskiy on the place of navy parade ground. It was named after the Saint Nicolas Naval - the savior of the seamen. The cathedral became a kind of memorial in honor of the lost sailors. The bishop of Saint-Petersburg Veniamin consecrated the Temple in 1762. The Empress Yekaterina while being on the ceremony ordered to call it a Cathedral. In a Cathedral at the highest presence the prayers on the occasion of sea victories usually took part. After the war between Russia and Japan (1904-1905) two memorial decks with the names of the lost sailors were established there, and in the year of 1989 the deck in the memory of 42 sailors, lost after the crash of "Komsomolets" submarine. In the garden, which is situated around the temple the granite obelisk with the eagle sculpture on the top also was established. It's the monument in honor of the heroes in of Russian-Japanese war.
The Cathedral's interior is richly decorated. It showed in the iconostasis and the upper part of the Church decorated with carved garlands of flowers and leaves. The Cathedral stands on the axis of the highway and at the end of the street's perspective. It's one of the most amazing places in Saint-Petersburg.
The beautiful belfry of the Cathedral reflects in the motionless water of the Kryukov channel. Here two channels (Kryukov and Griboedov) join the Fontanka river. Standing near the belfry you can see 8 beautiful bridges that create a great symphony combining water and architecture!
The box has pieces of mother-of-pearl inlays and that gives additional shinning to a box , especially in the skies and on the water of the river and channels.
The box is made of paper-mache, rests flat and has a hinge to the left of the composition.
The box is signed by a Master.
Fine box!