On Empress' birthday | Tsarskoe Selo State Museum and Heritage Site

29.12.2021

Allegory of Clemency, tabletop decoration of carved and polished amber by Johann Labhart Workshop, Kassel, 1695–1700. 12.6 × 7.5 × 4.2 cm. Inventory No. ЕД-8-VIAllegory of Clemency, tabletop decoration of carved and polished amber by Johann Labhart Workshop, Kassel, 1695–1700. 12.6 × 7.5 × 4.2 cm. Inventory No. ЕД-8-VI Carved amber medallion with Elizabeth Petrovna's portrait in a case, possibly by Johann Roggenbuck, Amber Workshop of Tsarskoe Selo, pre-1770. Medallion 10.5 × 8.6 × 1.7 cm, case 12.1 × 10.3 × 1.2 cm. Inventory No. ЕД-31/1, 2-VI

Carved amber medallion with Elizabeth Petrovna's portrait in a case, possibly by Johann Roggenbuck, Amber Workshop of Tsarskoe Selo, pre-1770. Medallion 10.5 × 8.6 × 1.7 cm, case 12.1 × 10.3 × 1.2 cm. Inventory No. ЕД-31/1, 2-VICarved amber medallion with Elizabeth Petrovna's portrait in a case, possibly by Johann Roggenbuck, Amber Workshop of Tsarskoe Selo, pre-1770. Medallion 10.5 × 8.6 × 1.7 cm, case 12.1 × 10.3 × 1.2 cm. Inventory No. ЕД-31/1, 2-VI Carved amber inkstand, Koenigsberg, circa 1725–28. 10.5 × 7.5 × 5.6 cm. Inventory Nos ЕД-34-VI; ЕД-34/1, 2-VI

Carved amber inkstand, Koenigsberg, circa 1725–28. 10.5 × 7.5 × 5.6 cm. Inventory Nos ЕД-34-VI; ЕД-34/1, 2-VICarved amber inkstand, Koenigsberg, circa 1725–28. 10.5 × 7.5 × 5.6 cm. Inventory Nos ЕД-34-VI; ЕД-34/1, 2-VI Carved amber game board with carved bone chips, possibly by Georg Schreiber Workshop, Koenigsberg, 1600-1630s. Board 8.5 × 37 × 26 cm, chips 0.5 х 2.1 х 2.1 cm. Inventory No. ЕД-56/1–8-VI

Carved amber game board with carved bone chips, possibly by Georg Schreiber Workshop, Koenigsberg, 1600-1630s. Board 8.5 × 37 × 26 cm, chips 0.5 х 2.1 х 2.1 cm. Inventory No. ЕД-56/1–8-VICarved amber game board with carved bone chips, possibly by Georg Schreiber Workshop, Koenigsberg, 1600-1630s. Board 8.5 × 37 × 26 cm, chips 0.5 х 2.1 х 2.1 cm. Inventory No. ЕД-56/1–8-VI Carved amber and metal box with two lovers, Danzig, late 17th century. 7.9 × 3.5. Inventory No. ЕД-123/1, 2-VI

Carved amber and metal box with two lovers, Danzig, late 17th century. 7.9 × 3.5. Inventory No. ЕД-123/1, 2-VICarved amber and metal box with two lovers, Danzig, late 17th century. 7.9 × 3.5. Inventory No. ЕД-123/1, 2-VI

29 December 2021 marks 312 years since the birth of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, which is celebrated at Tsarskoe Selo with a small exhibition of carved amber works of her time from the Museum's reserve collection. Some of them were possibly touched by Elizabeth's hands.

The exhibition in the Amber Room of the Catherine Palace will run till 28 February 2022.

It was under Elizabeth, Peter the Great's daughter, that the Catherine Palace and its Amber Room were designed and built by the architect Francesco Rastrelli.

The amber collection of Tsarskoe Selo is one of the largest in Europe and the largest in Russia. It holds nearly 400 works, mostly diplomatic gifts to Russian emperors.