Tomb of Prince Alexander Nevsky (1220-1263). Detail.

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RUSSIAN Anonymous: Commissioned by Empress Elizabeth. Shows scenes from Nevsky's life. Made of over one and a half tons of Ural silver at the St. Petersburg Mint by Russian and foreign artists including: Louis Caravaque; Georg Christoph Groot; Alberto Giani; Giambattista Giani; Mikhail Makhayev; and silversmiths Pyotr Andreyev; Andrey Afanasev; and Ivan Bespalov.

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