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title: Portrait of Catherine II; autor: Alexander Roslin; source: http://marinni.livejournal.com/457175.html?thread=4455639; date: 1776-77; medium: oil and canvas; current location: Hermitage museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

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JPEG file comment ROSLIN, Alexander

(b. 1718, Malmö, d. 1793, Paris)

Portrait of Catherine II 1776-77 Oil on canvas, 274 x 190 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Catherine II, called Catherine the Great (1729-1796), reigned as Empress of Russia from 1762. She took power after a conspiracy deposed her husband, Peter III (1728-1762), and her reign saw the high point of the Russian nobility.




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Author: ROSLIN, Alexander Title: Portrait of Catherine II Time-line: 1751-1800 School: Swedish Form: painting

Type: portrait

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