PORTRAIT OF CATHERINE II

Creator(s): Unknown (Painter) , Alexander Roslin (After)

On view in: Second Floor Hallway

About this object

Portrait of Empress Catherine II dressed in ermine, wearing a small diamond imperial crown, diamond earrings, a diamond necklace with a chain pendant terminating in a full-cut pear-shaped diamond (1750s, now in Kremlin Museums), the diamond and silver "Grand Imperial Chain of the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called (St. Petersburg, 1780s, now in Kremlin Museums), and the orange and black sash of the Order of St. George. The gilt frame is surmounted by a large and prominent double-headed surrounded by a garland of laurel leaves at top. The empress’s cipher is on a shield on the eagle's chest.

Object name:

PORTRAIT OF CATHERINE II

Made from:

Oil on canvas

Made in:

Russia

Date made:

late 18th Century

Size:

Framed (accounts for overhang at top): 53 × 39 5/8 × 10 in. (134.6 × 100.6 × 25.4 cm) Frame depth (not accounting for overhang at top): 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

51.58

Class:

PAINTING

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973