View of the Senate and St. Isaac's Cathedral — engraving

"Saint Petersburg View of the Senate and St. Isaac's Cathedral".

In the foreground is the St. Isaac's Bridge. The first floating bridge across the Neva River in St. Petersburg connected Vasilievsky Island with the central part of the city. It was built in July 1727; later the bridge was rebuilt and modernized several times. In 1819 - 1821, according to the design and under the leadership of A. A. Betancourt, stone coastal abutments, lined with granite, and staircase descents to the water were built. In November 1821, the bridge was opened after reconstruction.
After the completion of the construction of the permanent Blagoveshchensky Bridge, located downstream of the Neva, St. Isaac's Bridge lost its transport significance. In 1856, the bridge was moved to the Winter Palace for a direct and permanent connection with the Exchange and the Trade Port. The new bridge began to be called the Palace Bridge.
In the background of the engraving are Senate Square and the Bronze Horseman monument erected to the founder of the city, Peter the Great (Peter Aleekseevich Romanov 1672 - 1725), opened in 1778. On the right in the engraving is the Senate and Synod Building, erected in 1829 - 1834 according to the design of the architect Carl Rossi in the style of late classicism, or Russian Empire. Built for two state governing bodies of the Russian Empire: the Senate and the Holy Governing Synod.

Technique, Material: Steel engraving / Paper
Artist: Vasily Semyonovich Sadovnikov, Engraver: Antonio Giberti
Date: 1853.
Size: 17 х 26 cm. image 10,5 х 14,5 cm.