Alexeyev F. Y. View of the Peter and Paul Fortress and Palace Embankment

Alexeyev F. Y.

1753/1754 (?). St Petersburg - 1824, St Petersburg

View of the Peter and Paul Fortress and Palace Embankment

1799

oil on canvas. 71,5 x 109
Ж-5048
Received in 1906

Period 18th century
CategoryLandscape
Keywords The Epoch of Paul I (1796-1801) | Peasants | children | boat, sailing ships, ships | St. Petersburg – Petrograd – Leningrad | cityscape | palaces | Russian Museum by Pavel Svinin | Dogs
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This is a repeat version of View of the Peter and Paul Fortress and Palace Embankment (1793, Archangelskoe Mus.). Nikolai Lvov’s Neva Gates and the Commander’s Landing Wharf are depicted in the foreground.

On the opposite bank of the River Neva are part of the Old Admiralty, Winter Palace, Old Hermitage and the Hermitage Theatre (from right to left). The bridge across the Winter Canal can be seen between the Old Hermitage and the theatre. Russian Museum: From Icons to the Modern Times. Palace Editions, St Petersburg, 2015. P. 111.

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