Library of Sergei Petrovich Vinogradov at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts: reconstruction experience

Abstract

This article is devoted to the reconstruction of the library of Sergei Petrovich Vinogradov (1853–1918), collector and historian of Russian engraved and lithographic portraits. The bulk of the library is currently kept in the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. An extensive collection of graphics and the personal archive of S.P. Vinogradov is available there as well. Vinogradov`s books collection is a valuable historical source. Recreation of the process of its formation alongside with the collecting activity of the owner expands and enriches our understanding of the cultural and scientific life of that time. In the course of the study, general scientific methods of comparative analysis and synthesis were used. Based on the registration books of the Museum Research Library, an array of publications belonging to S.P. Vinogradov, their one-by-one scrutiny examination and attribution were carried out according to ownership characteristics - ex-libris and signatures. Special attention is paid to the study of presentation and owner inscriptions, marks and marginalities found on publications.

Keywords

• the research library of the pushkin state museum of fine arts
• the rumyantsev museum
• private library
• collector
• s.p. vinogradov
• russian engraved and lithographed portrait
• научная библиотека государственного музея изобразительных искусств имени а.с. пушкина
• румянцевский музей
• личная библиотека
• коллекционер
• с.п. виноградов
• русский гравированный и литографированный портрет