Alexeyev F. Y. View of the English Embankment from Vasilyevsky Island

Alexeyev F. Y.

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

View of the English Embankment from Vasilyevsky Island

1810s

oil on canvas. 53 х 72,5
Ж-5050
Received in 1897

Period Early 19th century
CategoryLandscape
Keywords The Epoch of Alexander I (1801-1825) | boat, sailing ships, ships | St. Petersburg – Petrograd – Leningrad | carriages | cityscape | Collection of Alexander III | Collection of Vasily Kokorev | Horses
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Fyodor Alexeyev depicts the corner house on the embankment of Vasilyevsky Island and the English Embankment on the other side of the River Neva. This was possibly the view from the artist’s studio at the Imperial Academy of Arts. Painted at the pinnacle of Alexeyev’s professional career, this small canvas conveys the very atmosphere of the town and port of St Petersburg. Russian Museum: From Icons to the Modern Times. Palace Editions, St Petersburg, 2015. P. 110.

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