Longitudinal Section of Great Throne Room (Saint George's Hall), Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg

ca. 1776

Not on view

Prominent among Jayne Wrightsman’s later donations are architectural designs connected to the glory days of the Russian Empire under Peter the Great (1672–1725) and Catherine the Great (1729–1796). Notably, both rulers installed a Westernized court culture in Russia, modeled after French, German, and Italian examples. The grandeur of their cultural enterprises must have interested the Wrightsmans, who visited Russia several times during the Cold War period. Among the designs they donated to the Museum are various drawings by the celebrated Italian architect Quarenghi, who spent most of his career in Russia and left a distinctive mark on the architecture of the empire.

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Title: Longitudinal Section of Great Throne Room (Saint George's Hall), Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg
Artist: Attributed to Giacomo Quarenghi (Italian, Rota d'Imagna near Bergamo 1744–1817 Saint Petersburg)
Date: ca. 1776
Medium: Pen and gray ink, brush with gray and red wash
Dimensions: sheet: 14 5/16 x 34 11/16 in. (36.4 x 88.1 cm)
image: 14 x 34 3/8 in. (35.6 x 87.3 cm)
Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1987
Object Number: 1987.1138.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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North Elevation and Ground Plan of the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoe Selo, Giacomo Quarenghi Italian, Pen and black ink, brush and blue, gray, and ochre wash, over traces of compass and ruled construction lines in graphite; framing lines in pen and black ink — North Elevation and Ground Plan of the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoe Selo
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Central Salon of the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoe Selo, Giacomo Quarenghi Italian, Pen and black ink, brush with gray, green, pink, blue, brown, and yellow wash, over ruled construction lines in graphite. Fragments of framing lines in black ink — Central Salon of the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoe Selo
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