Mayr J.G. View onto the Admiralty from the Vasilyevsky Island Embankment

Mayr J.G.

1760, Nuremberg (Germany) - 1816, St Petersburg

View onto the Admiralty from the Vasilyevsky Island Embankment

Between 1796 and 1803 (?)

oil on canvas. 76 х 116
Ж-3157
Пост. в 1931 г. из Детскосельского Александровского дворца-музея.

Location in museum The Stroganov Palace Open the panorama of the hall in the virtual tour
The Large Stroganov's Study
Period 18th century
CategoryLandscape
Keywords The Epoch of Paul I (1796-1801) | The Epoch of Alexander I (1801-1825) | Rossiсa | Servicemen | clergy, monkhood | Peasants | Aristocrats | children | secular costume | headdress | children's costume | female costume | folk costume | military clothing | male costume | St. Petersburg – Petrograd – Leningrad | boat, sailing ships, ships | cityscape | Factories, industrial enterprises | day | Horses | Dogs | clouds

Johann Georg Mayr depicts the Vasilyevsky Island embankment in the foreground and the Admiralty and ships being built on the other side of the River Neva. The earth ramparts and trenches surrounding the Admiralty (until 1806) can be seen on the painting.