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VLADIMIR BOROVIKOVSKY. 'Portrait of Katherine II in the Tsarskoye Selo Park', c1810, (1965). Creator: Vladimir Borovikovsky.

VLADIMIR BOROVIKOVSKY. 'Portrait of Katherine II in the Tsarskoye Selo Park', c1810, (1965). 'Catherine II during a walk in the Tsarskoselsky Park'. Catherine II (1729-1796) came to the throne in 1762. A German princess, Catherine was chosen at the age of 14 to be the wife of Peter III of Russia. The marriage was a failure and Catherine conspired with a group of nobles including her lover, Count Orlov, to depose the Tsar with Catherine ruling in his stead. Her reign saw Russia take an increasing role in European affairs and expand its empire with the addition of the Crimea and much of Poland. Painting completed after Catherine's death, in the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg. From "Russian Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries" by Vladimir Fiala. [Artia, Czechoslovakia, 1965].
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Title: 'Portrait of Katherine II in the Tsarskoye Selo Park', c1810, (1965). Creator: Vladimir Borovikovsky.
Caption: 'Portrait of Katherine II in the Tsarskoye Selo Park', c1810, (1965). 'Catherine II during a walk in the Tsarskoselsky Park'. Catherine II (1729-1796) came to the throne in 1762. A German princess, Catherine was chosen at the age of 14 to be the wife of Peter III of Russia. The marriage was a failure and Catherine conspired with a group of nobles including her lover, Count Orlov, to depose the Tsar with Catherine ruling in his stead. Her reign saw Russia take an increasing role in European affairs and expand its empire with the addition of the Crimea and much of Poland. Painting completed after Catherine's death, in the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg. From "Russian Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries" by Vladimir Fiala. [Artia, Czechoslovakia, 1965]
Technique/material: Oil
Credit: Album / The Print Collector/Heritage Images
Image size: 3849 × 5790 px | 63.8 MB
Print size: 32.6 × 49.0 cm | 1515.4 × 2279.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 18TH CENTURY 18TH CENTURY, THE 18TH CENTURY. 18TH 1960S 19TH CENTURY 20TH CENTURY 60 60'S DECADE SIXTY YEARS 60 60'S DECADE YEARS SIXTY SIXTIES 60'S 60S ANHALT-ZERBST ANIMAL ARCHITECTURAL ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE: OBELISK ART ARTIA ARTS BOROVIK BOROVIKOVSKY BOROWIKOWSKI BUILDING CATHERINE II CATHERINE II, THE GREAT, EMPRESS OF RUSSIA CATHERINE VON ANHOLT-ZERBST CATHERINE CENTURY CLOTHES COAT COLOR COLOUR COSTUME COUNTRY CZARINA DOG DRESS DYNASTY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY EMPRESS FASHION FEMALE FIALA FLUSH FULL LENGTH FULL-LENGTH GREAT, THE HAT IMPERIAL PALACE KATHERINE II LADY LOCATION MONARCH MONARCHY MONUMENT NINETEENTH CENTURY OBELISK OIL OVERCOAT PAINTING PALACE PARK PEOPLE PET PORTAIT PORTRAIT POTRAIT PRINCESS SOPHIE OF ANHALT-ZERBST PRINCESS SOPHIE OF ROMANOV ROYAL ROYALTY RULER RUSIA RUSSIA RUSSIAN SHELTER SIXTIES SIXTIES, THE SOPHIA AUGUSTA FREDERICA OF ANHALT SOVEREIGN TSARINA TSARSKOYE SELO VLADIMIR BOROVIKOVSKY VLADIMIR FIALA VLADIMIR LUKICH BOROVIK VLADIMIR LUKICH BOROVIKOVSKY VLADIMIR LUKICH VLADIMIR VON ANHOLT-ZERBST WLADIMIR LUKITSCH BOROWIKOWSKI WLADIMIR LUKITSCH WOMAN WOMEN XVIII CENTURY YEARS DECADE'S SIXTY SIXTIES 60 60 1960