After the fire destroyed the Winter Palace on December
17th, 1837, Nicholas I and Empress Alexandra returned to live in the Anichkov
Palace until the restoration in 1840.
The Anichkov Palace is more widely known today as the residence
of Alexander III and Empress Marie from 1866 to 1894 and later her dowager home.
Yet the Anichkov was the beloved marital home of
Nicholas I and Alexandra from 1817 to 1825. After their move to the Winter
Palace in 1825, the family often returned to the Anichkov Palace for week long
stays and would hold a number of smaller Imperial balls during the season.
Luigi Premazzi’s watercolors of the interiors of the
Anichkov Palace during the years of Nicholas I are a rare find. We are more
familiar with photographs of the rooms from the years of Alexander III which had been renovated in 1866 at the
time of his marriage.
V. Sadovnikov’s Watercolor (below)
of the Anichkov Palace c1840s
L. Premazzi’s Watercolors c1850s (below) of the
interiors of the Anichkov Palace and Ukhtomsky's of its Church interior
White Drawing Room
Library
Ukhtomsky's watercolor of the Church c1850s
Nicholas I’s Dressing Room
Alexandra’s Cabinet
Nicholas & Alexandra’s Blue Bedroom
Alexandra’s Dressing Room
Alexandra’s Boudoir
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