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

Giacomo Quarenghi

ca. 1776

Medium

Pen and gray ink, brush with gray and red wash

Tags

PalacesArchitecture

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)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1987

Classification

Drawings|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Giacomo Quarenghi

1744–1817 • Russian EmpireRepublic of Venice

Born 20 September 1744; died 1 March 1817. Possibly born in Rota Fuori. Italian architect, Rome; died in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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