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Catherine the Great

(1729–1796)
born Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst
Catherine II, Empress of Russia (1762–1796)

Works commissioned by her:

Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792)
The Infant Hercules
c.1785–1789
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton

 

 

Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792)
Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents
1786
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

 

 

Works in her collection:

Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660)
El almuerzo
c.1617
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

 

Born May 2 1729 Szczecin (Poland)
Died November 17 1796 Saint Petersburg (Russia)
Cause of death Stroke

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