Steuben C. Peter the Great in Childhood, Saved from the Fury of the Streltsy by His Mother

Steuben C.

1788, Bauerbach, the Grand Duchy of Baden – 1856, Paris

Peter the Great in Childhood, Saved from the Fury of the Streltsy by His Mother

1830

oil on canvas. 138 х 163
Ж-4582
Received in 1926 from the State Hermitage

Location in museum The Mikhailovsky Palace Open the panorama of the hall in the virtual tour
Room 15
Period Early 19th century
CategoryHistory Painting
Keywords The Epoch of Peter the Great (1682-1725) | The Rulers of the Russian Empire | The Romanovs | Emperors | mother and a child | headdress | female costume | male costume | children's costume | Moscow, Moscow Region | Weapon | Jewellery
Virtual exhibitions and 3d-tours
- Peter I and his Era
- Seafarer and Carpenter. Peter the Great in Russian Artistic Culture
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As the Miloslavskys wanted to incite the streltsy to rebel, they spread a rumour that Tsarevich Ivan had been strangled, and gave them a list of “traitor boyars”. On 15 May 1682 armed streltsy came to the Kremlin, burst into the palace and carried out a savage massacre. The dead included the boyar Artamon Matveyev, Peter’s guardian, as well as the two brothers of Tsarina Natalia Naryshkina. These terrible events were permanently seared into Peter’s memory, and were probably the origin of his heightened irritability and burning hatred for the streltsy. Charles de Steuben has treated the scene romantically, bringing drama and dynamism into the composition. He has transferred the action from within the royal palace to one of the cathedrals in the Kremlin.

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Year: 2015 | A computer film | Language: | Duration: 04:38

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