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Lot Essay
This plaque is likely the work of Timofei Semenov, who came from a family of Imperial Porcelain Factory workers and specialised in landscape painting. He was appointed assistant master in 1849 and then, in 1854, master painter.
The design is taken from an 1850 watercolour by Luigi Premazzi (1814-1891), an Italian who relocated to Russia in 1839. It depicts the Rose Pavilion in Peterhof, designed by Andrei Schtakenschneider and destroyed during the Siege of Leningrad (1941-1944). The original watercolour hung in the library of Emperor Alexander II and now is in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum.
As part of an official commission from Emperor Nicholas I, Premazzi, along with Konstanin Ukhtomsky and Edward Hau, painted a series of watercolour views of the interiors of the New Hermitage. The commission lasted nine years, from 1852 to 1861, during which time fifty-five pictures of the New Hermitage were produced. In addition, Premazzi painted a number of views of palaces and grand residences in St Petersburg and its environs.
The design is taken from an 1850 watercolour by Luigi Premazzi (1814-1891), an Italian who relocated to Russia in 1839. It depicts the Rose Pavilion in Peterhof, designed by Andrei Schtakenschneider and destroyed during the Siege of Leningrad (1941-1944). The original watercolour hung in the library of Emperor Alexander II and now is in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum.
As part of an official commission from Emperor Nicholas I, Premazzi, along with Konstanin Ukhtomsky and Edward Hau, painted a series of watercolour views of the interiors of the New Hermitage. The commission lasted nine years, from 1852 to 1861, during which time fifty-five pictures of the New Hermitage were produced. In addition, Premazzi painted a number of views of palaces and grand residences in St Petersburg and its environs.