December 23, 2004

Imperial drawing room (modern t-shirt?)

I promised an acquaintance a home-decorated t-shirt several months ago.  But I've been stuck, in part, on what image to use for it. 

Now I think that problem may be solved.  He told me that he likes architectural kinds of things, interiors as well as exteriors.  So I am thinking that perhaps this scrumptious Drawing room used by the Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna might be just the ticket.

The Raspberry Study of Empress Maria Alexandrovna is quite stunning in its own way. 

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November 28, 2004

Malachite Room (Hermitage)

The Malachite Room of the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, was used as an official drawing-room of Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna, wife of Nicholas I.

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Hermitage watercolors by Hau

As mentioned earlier at this weblog, the website of the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, has 110 masterful watercolors by Edward Petrovich Hau, made in the 1860s. My last attempt to provide links to a few of them foundered. Today, however, linking seems possible after all --

  • The Rotunda
  • The Small Church
  • The Cathedral
  • The Turkish Room in the Catherine Palace, Tsarskoye Selo

    • The above links all take you to the page with the zoomable version of the work. Also available are 800x600 and 1024x768 images of each.

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    November 13, 2004

    Edward Hau's Watercolors

    Edward Hau's watercolors, The State Hermitage Museum, 110 works.

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