Mathias Gabriel II Lory, gabriel I Ludwig Lory (1763-1840)
"Vue de la fête solemnelle à St. Petersbourg donnée par l'Empereur Alexandre I. le 12 mai 1803. Jour l'Anniversaire de la fondation de cette ville à l'homme de son fondateur Pierre I. sur la place du Senat vis-à-vis du monument érigé à ce Souverain par l'
Engraving with hand-colouring, 1804. P/S. 48,2 x 71,6 cm.
Fläckar.
Provenance
Unidentified stamp on verso (R.F.M. No 13) not in Lugt.
Exhibitions
Compare with engravings from the series exhibited at; Kulturstiftung Ruhr, 1990 ("St. Petersbourg around 1800. Masterpieces from the Hermitage").
More information
From 1797 to 1805 Mathias Gabriel II Lory worked together with his father, Gabriel I Ludwig Lory with a series of town views of St. Petersburg and Moscow. The work was commissioned by the Swiss businessman J Walser. Today the engravings are extremely rare, since the major part was destroyed in the 1812 fire of Moscow. Both father and son signed only with their family name Lory, therefore it is impossible to separate the two.