MB109117 Russia Consecration Smolny Cathedral St Petersburg large bronze medal 1748-1853

Russia Consecration Smolny Convent of the Resurrection, St Petersburg large bronze medal 1853 75mm. Russian Orthodox convent built for Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great, begun in 1748. Building stopped under Catherine the Great so the architect Rastrelli’s design/ project not completed until 1835. Reference Diakov 515.1, designed by H Gube. View of the original building with Christ enthroned surrounded by 3 children on the other side.