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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin, Rossiya, Russia)en_US
dc.coverage.temporal1792-1796 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorQuarenghi, Giacomoen_US
dc.date1792-1796en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-29T18:23:23Z
dc.date.available2013-01-29T18:23:23Z
dc.date.issued1792-1796en_US
dc.identifier188632en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1698en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/97168
dc.descriptionView of the east entry court, showing the north wing; Giacomo Quarenghi erected the Aleksandrovsky Palace (1792-1796), with a majestic double colonnade, in a restrained Neo-classical style. It was given by Catherine II to her grandson, the future Emperor Alexander I (reigned 1801-1825), on his marriage. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 6/17/2009)en_US
dc.format.mediumstone; stuccoen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectCatherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796en_US
dc.subjectEighteenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectNeoclassicalen_US
dc.titleTsarskoye Selo: Alexander Palaceen_US
dc.title.alternativeAleksandrovsky Palaceen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-R-SP-TS-3-A9en_US
vra.culturalContextRussianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypepalaceen_US
dc.contributor.displayGiacomo Quarenghi (Italian architect, 1744-1817)en_US


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