RUSSIA: PETROVSKY PALACE, MOSCOW; lithograph, 1913 (#69)

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RUSSIA: PETROVSKY PALACE, MOSCOW; lithograph, 1913 (#69)

Plate titled Petrovsky palace, approx. page size is 21.5 x 15 cm, approx. image size is 13.5 x 10.5 cm. From: Russia, painted by F. De Haenen, text by G. Dobson, H.M. Grove, and H. Stewart, published by A. and C. Black, London. MCMXIII.

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Petrovsky Palace or Castle (Petrovski podyezdni dvorec, "St.Peter's Arrival Palace") was begun in 1776 and officially completed November 3, 1780 (though it is likely that construction continued for a few years afterwards). This palace was intended to be the last overnight station of royal journeys from St. Petersburg to Moscow. Catherine visited once, in 1785; Paul I abandoned it; Napoleon burned it down. The palace was restored in the 1830s and again in 1874 with minor alterations.

The red-brick castle with white detail originally had two royal apartments on the first floor and plenty of service space on the ground floor. They all converge on a central rotunda hall. The descriptor of "Gothic" is not exactly appropriate here, since Kazakov borrows heavily from Naryshkin Baroque and earlier Russian themes like the oversized bottle-shaped pillars by the main entrance.

The building remained a royal hotel until 1918, but also housed a variety of non-royal residents; Lermontov used to stay in the castle at his friends' apartment. Starting in 1920, the palace housed Zhukovsky Air Force Academy, which vacated the site in the 1990s. As of today, the palace is closed, expecting a massive reconstruction or restoration. City Hall plans to convert it either to a unique luxury hotel or another President's lodge, which may destroy whatever is left by the military. These plans are not yet authorized.


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  • Original/Reproduction: Original Print
  • Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
  • Print Type: Lithograph
  • Subject: Architecture & Cityscape
  • Style: Realism
  • Size Type/Largest Dimension: Small (Up to 14'')
  • Date of Creation: 1900-1949
  • Type: Print

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