The decoration of one of the rooms in the house where the hero of the Patriotic War of 1812 and the foreign campaigns of 1813-1814, retired Lieutenant Colonel Matvey Muravyov-Apostol lived, are copies of 19th century engravings. They depict the main events of 1812-1814. Among the engravings, you will see the works of the Italian engraver Solomon Cardelli, who worked in Russia starting in 1796, and his two assistants, recreated from the originals of drawings by the Russian artist of Italian origin Domenico Scotti.
One of the engravings is dedicated to the major battle on October 12, 1812, which took place shortly after the retreat of the French army led by Napoleon Bonaparte. The battle 121 kilometers southwest of Moscow, near the small town of Maloyaroslavets, ended with a Russian victory under the command of Mikhail Golenishchev-Kutuzov.
‘Victory at Maloyaroslavets on October 12, 1812’ is the name of the engraving by Ivan Beggrov, executed under the direction of Solomon Cardelli. In the front right you will notice Russian cavalry emerging from the forest. At the forefront there are three officers brandishing their unsheathed sabers. On the left side a panoramic view of the battlefield is depicted. Russians armed with pikes, on horseback, escort the captured French. A Russian officer leads his soldiers to attack enemy fortifications. In the background, there are clouds of smoke rising to the sky and the city in flames outside the fortress wall.
The Victory at Maloyaroslavets on October 12, 1812 is part of a series of engravings that were published in St. Petersburg in 1814. It is called the ‘Collection of twelve engraved paintings, representing the consequences of the most memorable victories won over the enemy by the Russian army in 1812. Dedicated to His Imperial Majesty Alexander I the Autocrat of All Russia.’ The prints were made using etching technique.
A copy of the engraving was made in the late 1850s - early 1860s in the Moscow lithograph of Karl Fischer. It was kept in the State Historical Museum in Moscow. In 1969, the museum donated the engraving to the Yalutorovsk Museum of Local Lore in memory of the Decembrists.
One of the engravings is dedicated to the major battle on October 12, 1812, which took place shortly after the retreat of the French army led by Napoleon Bonaparte. The battle 121 kilometers southwest of Moscow, near the small town of Maloyaroslavets, ended with a Russian victory under the command of Mikhail Golenishchev-Kutuzov.
‘Victory at Maloyaroslavets on October 12, 1812’ is the name of the engraving by Ivan Beggrov, executed under the direction of Solomon Cardelli. In the front right you will notice Russian cavalry emerging from the forest. At the forefront there are three officers brandishing their unsheathed sabers. On the left side a panoramic view of the battlefield is depicted. Russians armed with pikes, on horseback, escort the captured French. A Russian officer leads his soldiers to attack enemy fortifications. In the background, there are clouds of smoke rising to the sky and the city in flames outside the fortress wall.
The Victory at Maloyaroslavets on October 12, 1812 is part of a series of engravings that were published in St. Petersburg in 1814. It is called the ‘Collection of twelve engraved paintings, representing the consequences of the most memorable victories won over the enemy by the Russian army in 1812. Dedicated to His Imperial Majesty Alexander I the Autocrat of All Russia.’ The prints were made using etching technique.
A copy of the engraving was made in the late 1850s - early 1860s in the Moscow lithograph of Karl Fischer. It was kept in the State Historical Museum in Moscow. In 1969, the museum donated the engraving to the Yalutorovsk Museum of Local Lore in memory of the Decembrists.
