Portrait of Peter the Great on his Death-Bed - Ivan Nikitich Nikitin
1725
(Source: wga.hu)
The Vigil of Alexander the Great Mikhail Ivanovich Kozlovsky
1790-92
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
(via)
Catherine Palace was the Rococo summer residence of the Russian tsars. More than 100 kilograms of gold were used to gild the sophisticated stucco façade and numerous statues erected on the roof. It was even rumoured that the palace’s roof was constructed entirely of gold. (Wikipedia)
