The Ceremony of Awarding the State Hermitage Employees with the Decorations Fabricated by the Jewellers of “Smolenskiye Brillianty” Company

As tradition demands, during the Hermitage Days the State Hermitage employees are awarded for special contribution to culture with the decorations fabricated by “Smolenskiye Brillianty” jewellers, made in form of the museum’s stylized logo of white gold and adorned with brilliants of Russian gem cutting. This year Lyudmila Lvovna Kagane, Tatyana Kirillovna Kustodieva and Natalia Adolfovna Panchenko became the brilliant awardees.

Kagane Lyudmila Lvovna

Has worked in the museum since 1962. She is a chief research associate of the State Hermitage Department of Western European Art, a custodian of the Spanish Painting of the XVI-XVIII centuries, Doctor of Art Criticism.

Lyudmila Lvovna is a specialist with a world-wide reputation. She published a great number of scientific works on the history of Spanish art, including a fundamental catalogue of the State Hermitage Spanish painting collection. She is engaged in exposition activity and takes part in international exhibition projects. Lyudmila Lvovna is an organizer of various conferences, as well as an editor of the theses for the annual readings dedicated to the memory of an outstanding scientist V. F. Levinson-Lessing.

Kustodieva Tatyana Kirillovna

Has worked in the museum since 1957. She is a leading research associate of the State Hermitage Department of Western European Art, a custodian of the Italian Painting of the ÕIII-XVI centuries, Candidate of Art Criticism.

Tatyana Kirillovna gives lectures in Russia and abroad. She is a member of the Restoration Council, Fund Purchasing Commission and Restoration Commission on Painting of the State Hermitage. Tatyana Kirillovna is an author of numerous monographs, including articles on the Italian Renaissance history. She has administered the Sector of the painting of the XIII - XVI centuries for many years and is an author of the State Hermitage catalogue of the Italian painting of the ÕIII-XVI centuries.

Panchenko Natalia Adolfovna

Has worked in the museum since 1958. She is a fine art restorer of the State Hermitage Laboratory of Scientific Restoration of Works of Applied Art.

Natalia Adolfovna made progress from a research and technical associate up to a restorer of higher category and the head of the Sector for Restoration of Archaeological Metal. Several thousands of restored exhibits are her credit. She has participated in the State Hermitage archaeological expeditions for many years. Natalia Adolfovna Panchenko is a member of the Restorers’ Certification Commission of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and a member of the Union of Artists of the Russian Federation. She is an author of numerous publications on restoration and conservation of works of applied art made of metals.

Awarding a decoration fabricated by the jewellers of “Smolenskiye Brillianty” company

Tatyana Kustodieva, Leading Curator of the Department of Western European Art of the State Hermitage