Show all images on one page	#007076 Title: The Monastery of St. Cyril Artist: Mikheev Alexander Size: 16x8.5x3.5 Size (inches): 6.25x3.25x1.25 Price : $2650 SOLD!

This beautiful view of the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery (or "The Monastery of St. Cyril") has been painted by Top 10 Fedoskino artist Alexander Mikheev. His works has mentioned and published in every book on Lacquer Boxes theme.Mikheev has used to work at the Fedoskino Factory for many years and was Chief of the Art Council of this Factory for 2 years.
The Monastery of St.Cyril was founded in 1397 on the bank of the Siverskoe Lake, to the south from the town of Beloozero, in the present-day Vologda region. It's founder, St. Kiril, descended from one of the most distinguished boyar families Veliaminoff. In the 16th century, the monastery was the second richest landowner in Russia, after the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra. Ivan the Terrible not only had his own cell in the cloister, but also planned to take monastic vows here.
The composition is filled with a variety of details painted in mosaic recognizable style of Mikheev.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. Red lacquer completes the interior of the work. The lid is hinged from the top of the scene, and the box rests on a flat bottom. The work is signed with the artist's name, Fedoskino ,the year of 2011 and the title of the work "Kirilo-Belozerskiy Monastery at the Dawn" on a front side of the box.
The box was displayed on an Expo, but no documents from the author yet...