Rudanovsky A Legacy Across Centuries

A Legacy Across Centuries

A story shaped by art, culture, history and generations of the Rudanovsky family.

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The Rudanovsky Legacy

Collectors.
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Custodians.

The Rudanovsky family traces its story through centuries of cultural engagement, intellectual curiosity and connections between Europe and Russia.

Across generations, that story has been shaped by an enduring relationship with art, history, preservation and the objects that carry memory forward.

Selected Objects

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Collection Object 01

The Risen Christ

Artist: Marco BasaitiTitle: The Risen ChristDate: c. 1510School: VenetianMaterial: PanelTechnique: Tempera and oilCurrent Collection:…

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Collection Object 02

Andromeda’s Return

A mythological painting by French artist Jean-Baptiste Regnault exploring the story of Andromeda after…

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Collection Object 03

Pygmalion and Galatea

A sculptural interpretation of the ancient myth of Pygmalion and Galatea, preserved in the…

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Collection Object 04

Fury of Achilles

Charles-Antoine Coypel’s monumental 1737 interpretation of a dramatic episode from Homer’s Iliad, depicting Achilles…

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Collection Object 05

Madonna and Child

A Renaissance Madonna and Child associated with the school of Andrea del Verrocchio, one…

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Collection Object 06

Portrait of a Lady

An elegant 1811 portrait by German painter Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein. Formerly part…

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Collection Object 07

Crucifixion with Attendant Saints and Donor

A Renaissance work by Hans Wertinger depicting the Crucifixion with Saints Peter and Philip…

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Collection Object 08

Portrait of a Musician

A seventeenth-century Flemish portrait by Charles Emmanuel Biset, depicting a musician surrounded by the…

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Archive Stories

Stories carried
through time.

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Story 01

The A. K. Rudanovsky Collection and the State Hermitage Museum

Works once associated with the collection of A. K. Rudanovsky form part of a remarkable history connecting private collecting in Imperial Russia with the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.

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Story 02

A. K. Rudanovsky’s Antique Boutique on Nevsky Avenue

Then and now: 62 Nevsky Avenue in St. Petersburg, historically associated with A. K. Rudanovsky’s antique business. Two photographs connect the address as it appeared in the early twentieth century with the same location…

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Story 03

Konstantin Vasilyevich Rudanovsky

Russian general, art collector and a member of the Rudanovsky family whose life connected Imperial Russia with the artistic and cultural circles of nineteenth-century France.

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Story 04

Imperial Influencers — Xcellence Magazine, Issue 7

A feature published in Xcellence Magazine exploring the Rudanovsky family, its history, collecting tradition and connections to Russian and European cultural life.

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Rudanovsky

A Legacy Across Centuries

Collectors. Patrons. Custodians.

From the Collection.

The Risen Christ

Andromeda’s Return

Pygmalion and Galatea

Fury of Achilles

Madonna and Child

Portrait of a Lady

Crucifixion with Attendant Saints and Donor

Portrait of a Musician

Stories carried through time.

The A. K. Rudanovsky Collection and the State Hermitage Museum

A. K. Rudanovsky’s Antique Boutique on Nevsky Avenue

Konstantin Vasilyevich Rudanovsky

Imperial Influencers — Xcellence Magazine, Issue 7

History is not simply inherited. It is carried forward.

Collectors.
Patrons.
Custodians.

From the
Collection.

Stories carried
through time.

History is not simply inherited.
It is carried forward.