Title
View of the Michael Palace and the Connetable Square, St Petersburg, c1800. Artist: Fyodor Yakovlevich Alexeev
Caption
View of the Michael Palace and the Connetable Square, St Petersburg, c1800. St Michael's Castle is a former imperial palace built for Tsar Paul I in 1797-1801. The architects were Vincenzo Brenna and Vasili Bazhenov. Paul I was assassinated by conspirators in his bedroom in the palace on 12 March 1801, just 40 days after moving in. After his death the Imperial Family did not use the palace and it was handed over to the Russian Army's Main Engineering School. Since the 1990s it has housed part of the collection of the Russian Museum. The statue in front of the building depicts Peter the Great. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg.
Date
1800
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Fine Art Images
Reference
HRM19D97_104
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
40,3Mb (2,8Mb) / 13,7in x 11,5in / 4096 x 3436 (300dpi)