Russia - Saint Petersburg; Louis Nicolas de Lespinasse (1734–1808) - Maison de Plaisance de Sa Majesté Impériale de toutes les Russies à Tsarskoe Selo - 1781-1800

Rare and spectacular original copperplate engraving from 1783 in a strongly panoramic format (30 x 77 cm), conceived as a single, out-of-format plate for the illustrated portfolio of Le Clerc's work on Russia. It depicts the 'Maison de Plaisance' (the Imperial Palace of Catherine) at Tsarskoe Selo, near Saint Petersburg. Designed by Chevalier de Lespinasse and finely engraved by François Denis Née, it offers an extraordinary aerial view of the courtyard and the monumental Baroque gate designed by Rastrelli. An impression on eighteenth-century laid paper with ample margins, complete with its original soft editorial folds. A museum-collecting sheet of great commercial and iconographic-historical value for the international market.

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