ambassadors of karabanov.ses is entirely dedicated to fakes; the lives of saints boris and gleb were written in imitation of the ancient charter, although the parchment could not be made as thin as in the middle ages. the author of the fake is muscovite anton bardin, who was not punished for his exercises punishments. in moscow there really was a man named bardin, a bookseller who produced counterfeit versions of ancient russian manuscripts, one might say, with particular cynicism, because he... sold musin to pushkin, the owner of that very burnt manuscript of the words about igor's regiment, allegedly preserved found version of this manuscript, even a burnt notebook, but in parallel he sold a second copy of the same to malinovsky , the man who published the word for the game regiment, sold it to the owner, who mourned the loss the original, a fake made and sold it to the same person who published this manuscript; they discovered this only after realizing that they had been given the same thing together. karab

karabanov collected not only works that are masterpieces.these figures made of silver foil, blue imale, pen and... centuries, but how karabanov managed to find and buy his countless exhibits was helped by his wife, who shared her husband’s passions. she was very rich and brought him, this marriage brought him a great fortune, and i he left his service entirely. collecting itself, even during karabanov’s lifetime his home museum was nicknamed the second armory, and even emperor nicholas i himself dreamed that this collection would someday be kept in the kremlin, which happened after the death of the patron. however, at the exhibition you will be able to learn about other legendary collectors. here, for example, is an ancient icon from the collection of count musin pushkin. her setting includes sapphires, emeralds, turquoise and pearls. the yusupovs were also connoisseurs of antiquity, who even built a whole mansion in the center of moscow. under the stairs of this palace, and for a long time they could not find it, this silver, but still in t

karabanov anticipated the fashion for collecting that swept the empire after 1812 and began at the ende, he got the opportunity to engage exclusively in, as he himself said, his favorite hunt. over the course of 50 years, he has collected hundreds of antiques. nicholas i, having learned about the richest collection, ordered him to buy carabans. sold, but bequeathed to the fatherland, it was not damaged at all in the fire, and karabanov’s collection, unfortunately, when it came to the palace department, it was not described. it is known, however, that karabanov’s passion for memorial objects includes snuff boxes, perfume bottles , blush boxes, a mirror frame that belonged to avdotya vasilyevna cherkasskaya, the wife of tsar mikhail fedorovich romanov’s closest advisor and simply a beauty. she. possessed rare natural beauty and did not want to use rosy, beryls and other things, thereby violating the traditions of russian society. at the exhibition , two separated mother-of-pearl shells, decorated with the benzels of catherine ii of his serene highness prince potemkin, finally met, and th

karabanov anticipated the fashion for collecting that swept the empire after 1812, began it at the end over the course of 50 years, he collected hundreds of antiques. nicholas i, having learned about the richest collection, ordered it. russian embosser, we see that only the lid is genuine and the base with a handle is genuine, the entire central part, this body, this mug, it is later, it cannot be said that this is some kind of counterfeit or fake, but this is such an original work, without not a single large collection can avoid fakes; at the exhibition they decided not to avoid this topic; there are things where it is obvious that such a clumsy attempt to pass them off as ancient, this is a rather interesting cross, unusual in shape, it is covered with letters. but these letters themselves don’t mean anything, it’s just a meaningless set of obcrasabra, but even imitations played their role, after the revolution, the keepers of the armory gave them to the state security service, which confiscated works of precious metals for the needs of the young country, thereby saving genuine maste