Album Rusca Grimani. Architectural Drawings from Catherine II's Russia
Album Rusca Grimani, Mendrisio Academy Press
Album Rusca Grimani, Mendrisio Academy Press
Album Rusca Grimani, Mendrisio Academy Press
Album Rusca Grimani, Mendrisio Academy Press
Album Rusca Grimani, Mendrisio Academy Press
Academy of Architecture
This album of drawings was originally a gift presented in 1795 by the architect Luigi Rusca to the nobleman Zampiero Grimani, Venetian Ambassador to the court of Catherine II. The precious book, presented here in a facsimile edition with an in-depth historical and critical apparatus, contains twenty plates. Mostly in Indian ink and water-colour, they depict some of the principal monuments and residences of St Petersburg: works by Rusca himself and by others such as the illustrious Jean-Baptiste Michel Vallin de la Mothe and Giacomo Quarenghi.