Russia - TROLLI, Francesco (Italian school). - Lot 93

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Russia - TROLLI, Francesco (Italian school). - Lot 93
Russia - TROLLI, Francesco (Italian school). Four drawings [circa 1790-1820]: - View of the Spassky Gate in the Kremlin (Moscow). Pen, watercolor and wash. Dim. 33 x 28 cm Title in Italian at the top of the drawing: "Porta di Communicazione al Kremelin di Mosca, denominata Spaski Varot". Signed lower right: "Disseg.to da Francesco Trolli". In pencil at top: "n° 8". Interesting view of the Spassky Gate (Savior Gate), the Kremlin's famous entrance gate, a military, sacred and political symbol. - Elevation of the façade of the vestibule or portico of the Chudov monastery in the Kremlin (Moscow). Pen, watercolor and wash. Dim. 35.5 x 26.2 cm Title in Italian at bottom of drawing: "Facciata del Vestibolo, o Portico di Ciudoff Monastero, esistente nel Kremelin di Mosca". Signed lower right under title: "Disseg.to da Francesco Trolli". In pencil at top: "n° 7". The Choudov (or Chudov) monastery, founded in the 14th century, was closed in 1918 and demolished in 1929. - View of the Ascension Church in Kolomenskoye near Moscow. Pen, watercolor and wash. Dim. 31.1 x 25.7 cm Title in Italian at bottom of drawing: "Chiesa sotto il Titolo di Wosnesenia Gospodnia situata nelle vicinanze di Mosca, e nella situazione denominata Kalomenski. Questa è una delle cinque chiese, che Pietro Primo ha edificato nei dintorni di questa Capitale dopo la Vitoria di Pultava." [Church under the title of the Ascension of the Lord, located near Moscow, in a place called Kolomenskoye; it is one of the five churches that Peter the Great had built in the vicinity of this capital after the victory at Poltava]. Signed lower right under the title: "Disseg.to da Francesco Trolli". In pencil, top left: "n° 18". Interesting view of this church, a place of dynastic memory of Russian power, before its restoration. - Plan of the former residence of the Russian emperors, in Kolomenskoye near Moscow. Brown ink and washes of red and green ink. Dim. 32 x 50 cm Title in Italian at top of drawing: "Piano della vecchia Abitazione degli Imperatori della Russia nelle vicinanze della Città di Mosca, nella situazione denominata Kalomenski". Signed lower right: "Disseg.to da Francesco Trolli". In pencil, at top: "n° 17". Note under title: "Era tutto fabricato di legno, e fu distrutto sotto il Regno di Catterina 2a, e ne esiste il modello nel Palazzo nuovo." [It was built entirely of wood, and was destroyed under the reign of Catherine II; a model exists in the new palace]. The legend in Italian indicates the following places: entrance gate, church under the title of Kasanski Bogomater, residence of the emperor, residence of the empress, council or jurisdiction, residence of the grand dukes, guest quarters, baths, and Pilate, where the public deposited their supplications to His Imperial Majesty. The entrance doors on the sides are represented by small elevations.
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