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ST. DIMITRII TSAREVICH, ST. ALEKSII METROPOLITAN OF MOSCOW, AND ST. CATHERINE
ST. DIMITRII TSAREVICH, ST. ALEKSII METROPOLITAN OF MOSCOW, AND ST. CATHERINE
54.69
Unknown
19th c.
The three saints are painted full length beneath the image of Christ Pantocrator with an orb and billowing draperies, emerging in a burst of light from a bank of dark clouds. Directly beneath...
ST. CATHERINE
ST. CATHERINE
54.86
Unknown
19th c.
The holy great martyr St. Catherine stands on a rocky promentory against a ground of olive green and dark brown. She holds an eight-pointed martyr's cross in her right hand and from her left is...
PORTRAIT OF GRAND DUCHESS CATHERINE (FUTURE EMPRESS CATHERINE II)
PORTRAIT OF GRAND DUCHESS CATHERINE (FUTURE EMPRESS CATHERINE II)
55.1
Georg Christoph Grooth (Artist)
1748
Framed in black and labeled in Russian and Latin "Catherine, Grand Duchess of Russia."
PORTRAIT OF GRAND DUCHESS CATHERINE (FUTURE EMPRESS CATHERINE II)
PORTRAIT OF GRAND DUCHESS CATHERINE (FUTURE EMPRESS CATHERINE II)
55.1
Georg Christoph Grooth (Artist)
1748
Framed in black and labeled in Russian and Latin "Catherine, Grand Duchess of Russia."
MENU
MENU
55.23
Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (Artist)
1888
Menu is printed in various colors and gold with traditional Russian decorative motifs. Dinner was given in 1888 in the reign of Alexander III to celebrate the Order of St. George the martyr...
PARK SCENE
PARK SCENE
55.41
Unknown
19th c.
In foreground are sixteen small figures including three peasants, three soldiers and two horsemen, a single straight tree at right. In the middle distance passes a coach drawn by six horses. Style...
HUNDRED RUBLE NOTE
HUNDRED RUBLE NOTE
55.74
Unknown
1910
Detailed, ornate engraving in black on buff paper. On one face, shadowy vine scrolls in red and green, the imperial eagle and cipher of Nicholas II within wreaths, heavy swags of fruit, shaped...
LETTER
LETTER
57.4
Empress Catherine II (Author)
1770
Letter, in Russian, reads in translation as follows: Monsieur Count Munich, by the present letter, I inform you that all objects brought by General Baur's mistress, as well as her retinue, are...