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Collection:
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title:
Anichkov Palace
Alternate Title:
Anichkov dvorets
Image View:
Garden pavilion at the center of the garden, north side, detail showing planter
Creator:
Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli (Italian architect, 1700-1771); Ivan Starov (Russian architect, 1745-1808); Karl Rossi (Russian architect, 1775-1849); Mikhail Zemtsov (Russian architect, ca. 1686-1743); Stepan Pimenov (Russian sculptor, 1784-1833)
Location:
site: Saint Petersburg, Rossiya, Russia
Location Note:
39 Nevskiy prospekt (corner of Nevsky Prospect and Fontanka Canal)
GPS:
59.934273 30.336306
Date:
1741-1754 (creation); 1778-1779 (alteration)
Cultural Context:
Russian
Style Period:
Baroque; Neoclassical
Work Type 1:
garden structure
Work Type 2:
palace
Classification:
architecture
Material:
stone; stucco
Technique:
carving (processes); construction (assembling)
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; decorative arts; rulers and leaders; classical tripod; brazier shape
Description:
One of Zemtsov's major contributions to the development of St Petersburg was the Baroque Anichkov Palace (1741-1743; design partially altered during execution by Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli). In 1741 Zemtsov began the work, which, after his death (1744), was continued by his assistant G. D. Dmitriyev. The Baroque?Rococo interiors were designed by Dmitriyev and Rastrelli. The front facade faces Fontanka River, from which a canal with a harbour led to the palace. In 1778-1779 Ivan Starov remodelled and added Neoclassical facades (including the northern facade with composite pilasters). Karl Rossi reworked the interiors (1816-1818), built garden pavilions (with statues by S.S. Pimenov) and the cast iron fence. The interior has preserved this Neoclassical decoration. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordar…
Image Description:
The Neoclassical garden buildings are by Karl Rossi with statuary and decoration by Stepan Pimenov.
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Four
Identifier:
1A2-R-SP-AP-B13
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Anichkov Palace