Gouache of Imperial Academy of Arts. St Petersburg.Catherine the Great

St Petersburg Gouache painting of The Imperial Academy of Arts .St Petersburg circa 1834 framed in a burr elm frame. Most likely to be painted for ‘The Grand Tour’ .The Imperial Academy of Arts was finished being built  in 1789 on the instructions of Catherine the Great.  The Sphinxes are 3500 years old and  placed  in 1832  The Obelisk was built in honour of Count A. P Rumjantsev . The garden round the obelisk is missing,so the gouache was definitely painted before 1860’s. (with thanks to the Curator Nadia Andreeva of the Hermitage Museum for her  historical advice).
Size: Frame W 47cm x  H 39cm  Gouache W 14.5cm x H 10cm
SN : 1304
Price: £2,450