Hand-coloured photograph of the original Amber Room, 1931

Hand-coloured photograph of the original Amber Room, 1931: photograph

Branson DeCou's hand-tinted lantern slide, the best colour record of the original, used for the 1979 to 2003 reconstruction. The earlier copy pointed to the Wikipedia article; it now points to the Commons file.

Branson DeCou, 1931. Public domain

Copies 4

PhotoBranson DeCou · commons.wikimedia.org · 1931 · Public domainPrimary source: Pushkin (Tsarskoe Selo). Catherine Palace: interior, Amber Room (hand-coloured lantern slide)1 step from the original

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PhotographBranson DeCou · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

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PhotographАндрей Андреевич Зеест · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

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PhotographShakko · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

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Where it was made

Catherine Palace, Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin) · Palace

Sources 1

Amber RoomSRC

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Hand-coloured photograph of the original Amber Room, 1931 [Artifact ART0D4N32K47C6R]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D4N32K47C6R

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  title     = {Hand-coloured photograph of the original Amber Room, 1931},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Artifact, catalog key ART0D4N32K47C6R},
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