Ivory model of a house of Peter the Great in Holland.
17th c Russian Baroque Architecture

RUSSIAN Anonymous (active before 1000 - present) Primary
c. 1675-1699
17th c
Ivory
Carved
Baroque
Model
Russia.
Amsterdam. Rijksmuseum Stadhouderskade.
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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.