«Датский акцент» фарфоровой коллекции Екатерины II
«Danish focus» of the porcelain collection of Catherine II

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the study of one of the failed exhibits for the porcelain collection of Empress Catherine II. Since the cultural and artistic relations between Russia and the Nordic countries in the 18th century were intense, the purchase of the expensive service «Flora Danica», as the author shows, was a logical continuation of the Russian empress’s policy of art collecting. It emphasizes the Catherine’s principles of art commissioning and their special correlation with the foreign policy of the Russian Empire during this period.

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