Palace of Peterhof
The first royal palace was built in 1714 - 1725 according to the project of I. Braunstein, J. B. Leblond, in the style of "Peter's Baroque", on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, forty kilometers from St. Petersburg.
Rebuilt in 1745 - 1752, architect. FB Rastrelli on the Versailles model, in the so-called mature baroque style. The length of the facade facing the sea is 268 meters.
Technique, Material: Woodcut / Paper
Artist: Alexandre de Bar, Engraver: John Singer Sargent
Date, Publisher: EW Walker & Co., Voyages and travels or scenes in many lands, Boston, 1887.
Size: sheet: 30,5 х 22,1 cm., image 11 x 16,5 cm.
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