FOUR RELIGIOUS PAINTINGS OF THE MIDDLE OF THE XVIII CENTURY FROM THE CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST OF THE GREAT TSARSKOYE SELO PALACE

For the first time in scientific circulation information is being introduced about four religious paintings of the middle of the XVIII century which stayed safe after the looting of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ of the Great Palace of Tsarskoe Selo during the German occupation of the town of Pushkin in 1941-1944. These are the work of artists: I.P. Argunov’s “John of Damascus”, G.G. Deryabi’s “Healing of the Relaxed”, M.L. Kolokolnikov’s “Archangel Michael” and “Archangel Gabriel”. For the first time, information about four preserved Church images of the middle of the XVIII century from the Court Church of the Resurrection in the Big (Catherine) Tsarskoye Selo Palace is introduced into scientific circulation. Stylistic, iconographic and comparative analysis of these works is carried out. The typological systematization of the picturesque design of the temple is introduced. For the first time, the iconographic connection of the plot of images of the Court Church with the engravings of the Western European Bibles, in particular with the engravings of the Bible (1695) by Weigel is revealed. Information about the museum status of the preserved works is given. Two periods in the work of the creation of the picturesque decoration of the Court Church in the middle of the XVIII century are considered on the example of the preserved works.