Show all images on one page	#006705 Title: The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg Artist: Monashov Vladimir Size: 15x19x4.5 Size (inches): 6x7.5x1.75 Price : $2450 SOLD!

This magnificient box has been painted by one of the leading Fedoskino artists, Vladimir Monashov.
Here the artist has chosen to depict a beautiful view of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg.
Construction of this beautiful Church began in 1883 under Alexander III, as a memorial to his father, Alexander II. Work progressed slowly and was finally completed during the reign of Nicholas II in 1907. Funding was provided by the Imperial family with the support of many private donors.
The Church was built on the bank the Griboedov Canal. The embankment at that point runs along either side of a canal. On March 13 1881 , as Tsar Alexander's carriage passed along the embankment, a grenade thrown by an anarchist conspirator exploded. The tsar, shaken but unhurt, got out of the carriage and started to remonstrate with the presumed culprit. Another conspirator took the chance to explode another bomb, killing himself and mortally wounding the tsar. The Tsar, bleeding heavily, was taken back to the Winter Palace where he died a few hours later.
Gold paint is used to create brilliance of the roofs and cupolas whereas aluminum powder helps to highlight the architecture and the trees. The scene is framed with two thin gold lines and the box's sides are richly decorated with a Scottish chequered! The box is constructed from paper-mache. Black lacquer is used to paint the exterior of the box while red lacquer completes the interior of the work. The lid is hinged from the left of the scene, and the box rests on four legs. The work is signed with the artist's name, and the village of Fedoskino.