The artist is the Mayer
A native of the German city of Nuremberg Johann Georg Mayr was invited to St. Petersburg in 1778 to the post of drawing master at the Academy of Sciences. Between 1796 and 1803, he performed a picturesque series of species of St. Petersburg dedicated to the centenary of the city. Nine works of this series are stored in the State Russian Museum, including this picture.
In the foreground is the embankment of the Vasilyevsky Island, on the other side of the Neva – the building of the main admiralty with the ships under construction. The surrounding admiralty up to 1806 earthen ramparts and ditches are visible.
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