🖼 Stroganov Palace

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A pink Baroque palace at the corner of Nevsky and the Moika with restored state rooms.

The palace was built by Rastrelli in 1753–1754 for Baron Sergey Stroganov; the architect lived in the earlier house on the site.
Under Rastrelli the palace had fifty state rooms; of his interiors the Great Hall and the ceremonial vestibule survive.
The ceiling painting of the Great Hall was done by Giuseppe Valeriani in 1753; the hall was later tactfully reworked by Voronikhin.
Voronikhin created a domed Mineral Cabinet in the palace; it was recreated in 2003.
The Stroganov collection included Boltraffio's "Portrait of a Youth as St Sebastian", then believed to be by Leonardo.
The palace was nationalised in 1918 and handed to the Russian Museum in 1988.

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