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'View of the Great Palace in Oranienbaum', 1758. Artist: Friedrich Hartmann Barisien

'View of the Great Palace in Oranienbaum', 1758. Artist: Friedrich Hartmann Barisien

2-587-998 - © Fine Art Images/Heritage Images

'View of the Great Palace in Oranienbaum', 1758. The palace at Oranienbaum on the Gulf of Finland was built between 1710 and 1726 for Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov, a prominent statesman and close friend and associate of Peter the Great. The architects were Giovanni Maria Fontana and Gottfried Schaedel. In the 1750s, the palace, by then a royal residence, was remodelled by Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli. Found in the collection of the State Open-air Museum Oranienbaum, Russia.

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People Information

Creator
  1. Friedrich Hartmann Barisien, attributed to: German: Artist, painter, decorative artist
People Related
  1. Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov: Russian: Statesman
  2. Giovanni Maria Fontana: Italian: Artist, architect
  3. Gottfried Schädel: (German?): Architect
  4. Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli: Italian, Russian: Architect, sculptor
Medium
  1. Oil
Picture Type
  1. Landscape
Category Hierarchy

Locations & Buildings Palaces & Stately Homes

Society & Culture Art & Literature

Artistic Representations Landscapes

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4988x3508
File Size : 51,264kb

Aliases

  1. 7334
  1. 0760002475
  1. 2-587-998
  1. 2587998
  1. 7334
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