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Peter's Hall (Small Throne Hall) in the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg
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| Title | Peter's Hall (Small Throne Hall) in the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg |
| Notes | The Peter's Hall was designed by the architect Auguste de Monferrand in 1833. It was restored with minor alterations after the fire of 1837 by Vasily Stasov. The painting in the niche is the work of the Itallian artist Jacopo Amiconi. It depicts Peter the Great with Minerva. The throne was made in London by Nicholaus Klausen in 1731-1732 for Empress Anna Ioannovna. |
| Subjects | Thrones
Columns
Stairways
Allegorical paintings
Interiors
Castles and palaces
Zimnii dvorets (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
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| Photographer | Villafana, Sebastian |
| Country | Russia |
| Region | Severo-Zapadnyy Ekonomicheskiy Rayon |
| Rayon/District | Leningradskaya Oblast |
| City/Town | Sankt-Peterburg |
| Artist/Architect | Montferrand, Auguste Ricard de, 1786-1858
Stasov, V. V. (Vladimir Vasilevich), 1824-1906
Amiconi, Jacopo
Klausen, Nicholaus |
| Object Date | 19th century |
| Contributors | Villafana, Sebastian |
| ImageType | photograph |
| Digital Collection | Central Eurasian Information Resource |
| Image No. | 4638 |
| Contact information | The University of Washington Libraries does not provide reproductions of this image. The original negative, print, or slide reproduced here remains in the possession of the copyright holder. For further information contact the UW Libraries' Slavic and East European Section, slavinfo@u.washington.edu. |
| Rights | Villafana, Sebastian |
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