Vue du Kremlin et de ses environs à Moscou

Location

Country: Other
City: other locations abroad

French artist Gérard de la Barthe, a topographical painter and etcher, was active in St Petersburg and Moscow between 1787 and 1810. He studied under French painter, engraver and draftsman Jospeh-Marie Vien the elder (1716-1809). From 1794 to 1798 Barthe produced a series of twelve views of Moscow. These were engraved by F. B. Lorieux and published by Jean [Johann] Walser in 1799. Other prints in the series include ‘The Baths of Cerebrensky, near Moscow’; ‘View of Podnovisky Square in Moscow’; and ‘View of the Mountains of Ice during Carnival at Moscow’.

Places

Russia, Moscow

Subjects

carriage, cart, barrel, topography, townscape/cityscape, dog, horse, river bank, river, man, woman, 18th century costume, road, bridge (urban), government building, palace, fortification, church, door, tower

Materials & Techniques

engraving, etching

Artist

Gérard de la Barthe
F B Lorieux

Title

Vue du Kremlin et de ses environs à Moscou

Date

published 1799

Medium

Etching and engraving

Dimensions

height: 52.80 cm, width: 76.30 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Christie's, 26 November 2008

Provenance

Christie's 26 November 2008 (lot 306)

GAC number

18231