The artist is Delabart
The work is part of the panorama of Moscow, performed from a high point, from the balcony of the Imperial Kremlin Palace. The panorama of Moscow was ordered by Delabart by Emperor Paul I, when, after a coronation in April 1797, the emperor examined the sights of the ancient capital. Paul I personal participation in choosing the plot was noted by the artist in the signature under the engraving: “This type and previous essence of this collection is to the new Imperial Majesty expressed an excessive desire to see them drawn”.
In sunny light Moscow with many churches (the famous “forty forty”), palaces and public buildings, bending tape of the Moscow River, a light wooden Moskvoretsky bridge, an impressive educational house (1771–1781, architect to K. And. Blank), represents a magnificent sight. Part of the parapet of the balcony is dismantled, nearby are white blocks of construction stone, which is obviously related to the restructuring of the palace before coronation in 1797.
A close -up depicts part of the Kremlin wall with Beklemishevskaya (Moskvoretskaya) tower, on the left of Blagoveshchensk (1484–1489) and Arkhangelsk (1505–1508) Cathedrals. The remarkable accuracy with which Delabart depicted spiers, heads and bell tower of churches allows modern architectural historians to restore the location of temples, many of which have not survived to this day.
The right part of the panorama – a view of Moscow from the balcony of the Kremlin Palace towards the Stone Bridge (1798) – was written next year.
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