# Andrey Zeest's autochromes of the Amber Room, 1917

> Colour plates made for the Provisional Government's inventory of the Tsarskoye Selo palaces; with the 1931 slide, the colour evidence a claimed find…

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**ART** 0D4N35GW1GWH·Artifact · recording

# Andrey Zeest's autochromes of the Amber Room, 1917

PhotographPublic domainJune to August 1917 (Commons file description)

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Colour plates made for the Provisional Government's inventory of the Tsarskoye Selo palaces; with the 1931 slide, the colour evidence a claimed find would be checked against.

Andrey Zeest, 1917. Public domain

## Copies 2

**Picture** Andrey Zeest · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (Russian Empire, PD-RusEmpire)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andrey_Zeest_-_Amber_Room_(autochrome).jpg)

**Photo** Andrey Zeest · commons.wikimedia.org · 1917 · Public domain (Russian Empire, PD-RusEmpire)Primary source: [Tsarskoye Selo, Catherine Palace: the Amber Room (autochrome)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D4N2ME001N4/tsarskoye-selo-catherine-palace-the-amber-room-autochrome)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andrey_Zeest_-_Amber_Room_(autochrome).jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/c1b808523fcc1cf8c59657e44f9f62b13414ec8eba14b1b86feba27c9276d87c)

## Where it was made

[Catherine Palace, Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D4N2ME07F2R/catherine-palace-tsarskoye-selo-pushkin) · Palace

## Sources 1

- [Tsarskoye Selo, Catherine Palace: the Amber Room (autochrome)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D4N2ME001N4/tsarskoye-selo-catherine-palace-the-amber-room-autochrome)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Andrey Zeest's autochromes of the Amber Room, 1917 [Artifact ART0D4N35GW1GWH]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D4N35GW1GWH
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Key

**ART** 0D4N35GW1GWH

Kind

Recording

Held by

unknown (glass plates; reproduced from the photographer's set)

Dated

June to August 1917 (Commons file description)

Licence

Public domain (Russian Empire, PD-RusEmpire)

Place

[Catherine Palace, Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D4N2ME07F2R/catherine-palace-tsarskoye-selo-pushkin)

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[Amber Room](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room)

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