"Antiquities of the Russian State" in oeuvre of F.G. Solntsev
Church antiquities

This section represents the collection of ancient church plate and liturgical items of the Armoury Chamber. Solntsev masterly depicted a thurible, executed by order of Tsar Feodor Alexeevich for the Kremlin Archangel's Cathedral, a gospel of Tsarina Natalia Naryshkina with a precious casting of the XVIIth century, panagias - engolpions (medallions with an icon in the center), wearing by the Orthodox bishops, and models of head-dresses of Patriarch Nikon, i.e. klobuk and mitre.