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CATHERINE II IN THE GUISE OF MINERVA
CATHERINE II IN THE GUISE OF MINERVA
Made by: Maria Fedorovna
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
Cameo shows Catherine II in profile in the guise of Minerva, wearing a classical helmet with laurel leaves crowned with an image of the sphinx. On her shoulder is engraved MARIA F, 21 Apr 1789. Portrait is cast in white glass and is affixed to a dark glass ground.
- Category:
- glassware
- Object name:
- CATHERINE II IN THE GUISE OF MINERVA
- Made from:
- Glass paste (pâte de verre)
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1789
- Size:
- 6 × 4.6 cm (2 3/8 × 1 13/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 23.27
- Class:
- GLASS
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION Maria F 21 Apr 1789. [Incised on base of bust; translated: Maria f[ecit] made this, April 21, 1789.]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973
- Featured in publication:
- "Exuberance of Meaning: The Art Patronage of Catherine the Great (1762-1769)"
