Fedor Yakovlevitch ALEXEEV (1753-1824) The Palace Quay seen from the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul Oval watercolor on paper. Unsigned. Has three labels on the back with reference: 1 - the title with the name of the painter in Russian and in Latin letters "N. Brodsky". 2 - " Ф. Я. Алексеев (1799): ref. Русское искусство 18-го века. страница 291" - (F. Ya. Alexeev (1799): ref. Russian Art of the 18th century page 291). 3 - " Ф. Алексеев 1790 / Ref. Русский пейзаж стр. 457 / Алексеев монография" (F. Alexeev 1790 / Ref. The Russian landscape, p. 457 / Alexeev monograph). 12 x 15.5 cm on view In an important early 19th century gilt bronze frame. Dimensions of the frame : 28 x 31 cm F. Ya. Alexeev painted in 1799 a large painting entitled "View of the Peter and Paul Fortress and the Palace Quay" (oil on canvas 71.5 x 109 cm) which is now in the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. The name on the label on the back is not accurate and refers to a 1794 painting in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. This miniature of the painting differs in some details from the painting in the Russian Museum: the brig in the foreground, the position of the canoe in relation to the pier of the fortress, the characters... Michel Brodsky Collection - lots from 92 to 154 [Russian art]