Tsarskoye Selo: Alexander Palace

Quarenghi, Giacomo

Quarenghi, Giacomo

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Alternative Title

Aleksandrovsky Palace

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/97164

Date

1792-1796

Description

View of the east entry court, showing the entry portico; 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)

Type of Work

palace

Subject

architectural exteriors, rulers and leaders, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Eighteenth century, Neoclassical

Dome