Vue du Kremlin à Moscou prise du Pont de Pierre

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

horseback, cart, wagon, topography, genre, townscape/cityscape, dog, horse, river, boy, man, woman, 18th century costume, dress, military uniform, coat, hat, begging, soldier, road, fence, bridge (urban), church, spire, tower

Materials & Techniques

engraving, etching

Artist

Gérard de la Barthe
Matthias Gottfried Eichler (1748 - after 1818)

Title

Vue du Kremlin à Moscou prise du Pont de Pierre

Date

published 1799

Medium

Etching and engraving

Dimensions

height: 55.70 cm, width: 77.30 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Christie's, 26 November 2008

Provenance

Christie's, 26 November 2008 (lot 306)

GAC number

18232