Sujet

Bust of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, 1786. Creator: Feodosy Shchedrin.

Légende

Bust of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, 18th century(?). Catherine the Great (1729-1796) came to the throne in 1762. A German princess, she was chosen at the age of 14 to be the wife of Peter III of Russia. The marriage was a failure and Catherine conspired with a group of nobles including her lover, Count Orlov, to depose the Tsar, with Catherine ruling in his stead. Her reign saw Russia take an increasing role in European affairs and expand its empire with the addition of the Crimea and much of Poland. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg.

Date

1786

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Art Collector

Notre référence

HRM19E66_098

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,3Mo (1,0Mo) / 25,7cm x 49,0cm / 3037 x 5784 (300dpi)

Mots clés

female women woman people head arts country power sculpture monarch art color powerful royal location century Russia Russian bust royalty dynasty concept ruler head and shoulders Colour Empress 18th century Eighteenth Century sovereign Catherine II the Great Romanov portrait object marble C Catherine Catherine the Great von Anholt-Zerbst Sophia Augusta Frederica of Anhalt The Art Collector Catherine von Anholt-Zerbst Katherine II Anhalt-Zerbst Princess Sophie of Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst Feodosy Shchedrin Shchedrin Feodosy