A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL BOX

Feodor Rückert often drew on Konstantin Makovsky's historical paintings for decorating his en plein panels. The painter's works evoked the romance of medieval Russia. They were a perfect match for Rückert's enamelled objects in Pan-Russian style which was favoured by wealthy merchants of Moscow. On this box Feodor Rückert used a fragment from Konstantin Makovsky's A Boyar Wedding Feast of the 17th Century, painted in 1883 (Hillwood Museum & Gardens, Washington D.C.).