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North Elevation and Ground Plan of the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoe Selo
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North Elevation and Ground Plan of the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoe Selo

Medium

Pen and black ink, brush and blue, gray, and ochre wash, over traces of compass and ruled construction lines in graphite; framing lines in pen and black ink

Dimensions

19-1/8 x 26-5/16 in. (48.5 x 66.8 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1997

Classification

Drawings|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Giacomo Quarenghi

1744–1817Russian EmpireRepublic of Venice

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