Egyptian motifs in Andrey N. Voronikhin’s works

The article is devoted to one of the faces of the architect A. N. Voronikhin. Despite the fact that the architect worked mostly in the framework of classicism, while designing the interior of the Physical stady of the Stroganov Palace, he used elements of Egyptian style, which is reflected in the decoration of the portal, in the solution of the Atlantes figures on the corners of the furnace for experiments and other details. It was in the best interests of the customer, the functional purpose of a Physical office, but also naturally fit in with the direction of the historicism that was characteristic of the Russian architecture of the first third of the 19 century: an Egyptian theme paid tribute to Thomas de Thomon and others such as Western European, and domestic architects.