A Russian artist in Siberia has spent a small personal fortune on over a thousand pearls for a religious painting he has made for the Queen.
Clad in embroidered robes, Adam and Eve sit in thrones on a suspended Garden of Eden in Anatoly Pastyrev's painting, which is crowned by a Russian...
adam and eve
anatoly pastyrev
artgift
buckingham palace
christianity
cultural heritage
garden of eden
kate middleton
monarchy
natural pearls
orthodox icon
painting
pearl tribute
prince william
queen
religious painting
royal court
russian art
siberia
traditional art
