Catherine Palace Pushkin Russia. The Chinese Drawing-Room, Painting of Alexander the first
The Chinese Drawing-Room, Painting of Alexander the first. Catherine Palace Pushkin St Petersburg. The residence originated in 1717, when Catherine I of Russia engaged the German architect Johann-Friedrich Braunstein to construct a summer palace for her pleasure. In 1733, Empress Anna commissioned Mikhail Zemtsov and Andrei Kvasov to expand the Catherine Palace. Empress Elizabeth, however, found her mother's residence outdated and incommodious and in May 1752 asked her court architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli to demolish the old structure and replace it with a much grander edifice in a flamboyant Rococo style. Construction lasted for four years and on 30 July 1756 the architect presented the brand-new 325-meter-long palace to the Empress
Size: 3601px × 5403px
Location: Catherine Palace Pushkin St Petersburg, Russia
Photo credit: © Julian Parton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 1, alexander, catherine, chinese, drawing-room, painting, palace, petersburg, russia, st
