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The Mausoleum for Czar Paul I (1754-1801) in the Park of Pavlovsk, near Saint Petersburg, Russia: Side Elevation

Catalog Data

Draftsman:
Thomas de Thomon (Jean-François Thomas), French, active in Russia, 1759–1813  Search this
Architect:
Thomas de Thomon (Jean-François Thomas), French, active in Russia, 1759–1813  Search this
Medium:
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, green and brown watercolor, trace of black chalk on cream laid paper, ruled borders in pen and black ink
Dimensions:
24.8 x 38.4 cm (9 3/4 x 15 1/8 in.)
Type:
architecture
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Date:
1805
Description:
A side of a building with five Doric pilasters, portico, and one Doric column. A Doric frieze contains metopes of masks and vases. At right and left corners of the base supporting the building are two urns, each entwined by a snake. At left, a tree grows on a boulder near a path; at right - an abundance of trees and foliage. Czar Paul I (r. 1796-1801) was assassinated in March 1801. His widow, the Empress Maria Feodorovna, commissioned this mausoleum from Thomas de Thomon, a French architect working in St. Petersburg between 1799 and 1813. The building still stands today on the grounds of Pavlovsk Palace.
Credit Line:
Museum purchase through gift of Margery and Edgar Masinter and from Drawings and Prints Council, Sarah Cooper-Hewitt, and Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Funds
Accession Number:
1998-37-1
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq451662d5d-a3e8-466e-b0e2-f55b3a552ee9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1998-37-1