Peter the Great.
17th-18th c Russian Baroque Painting
RUSSIAN Anonymous
(active before 1000 - present)
Primary
c. 1650-1750
17th-18th c
Oil on Canvas
Painted
Baroque
Painting
Russia.
Amsterdam. Rijksmuseum Stadhouderskade.
rus01027
In 1697 Peter went to Holland, travelling incognito under the name of Sargent Peoytr Mikhaylov, he worked as a carpenter in a Dutch shipbuilding company and visited factories and schools to learn the skills of the west.
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Russian | Peter the Great. | c. 1650-1750 | Russian | Baroque