A HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPH OF THE GOSTINY DVOR, SADOVNIKOV, 1830, " from "Panorama de la Perspective Nevskii / Panorama Nevskogo Prospekta" St. Peterbsurg: A. Prevost, 1830), lithographed by I. Ivanov after the drawing by Vasily Semenovich Sadovnikov (1800-1879), 180 x 550 mm [sight, within passepartout] . Born into a serf family, Sadovnikov trained originally with Andrei Voronikhin, architect of the Kazan cathedral. He would further study painting with Aleksei Venetsianov (1780-1847), whose work certainly influenced Sadovnikov in the way that he could capture not only the architectural details but also the the lively bustling nature of St. Petersburg streets and monuments. Sadovnikov's panorama watercolor paintings of Nevsky Prospect, made into lithographs by I. Ivanov and P. Ivanov, were published in two parts. 14 sheets were released in 1830, depicting the sunny, southwestern part of the street (on which Gostiny Dvor is located), and 16 sheets depicting the northern, shadier side of the street were published in 1835. Even before completion, the project attracted considerable interest, with the St. Peterbsurg "Literary Gazette" in 1830 announcing, that "Mr. Prévost [...] is publishing a series of lithographed pictures, showing churches and other large buildings and architectural monuments situated on Nevsky Prospekt, between the Anichkov Palace and the Admiralty. The pictures, which are fixed together, present a scroll or paper ribbon of about ten arshins in length and six vershoks in width [about 23 feet x 10 ½ in.], for one side of Nevsky Prospekt, and as much again for the other side..." ("Panorama Nevskogo Prospekta," "Literaturnaia gazeta," March 12, 1830, p. 122.) As the article went on to note, "several editions would be [hand]colored." The present lot is from the rare hand-colored edition.