Four views of the Orlov (Orloff) diamond, Frans de Bakker, 1767, Four views of the Orlov (Orloff) diamond. With a descriptive caption in French and Dutch about the diamond and its Iranian owner Gregorio Saffraz of Amsterdam. The 189-carat diamond was auctioned in Amsterdam in 1767 and sold to Count Grigory Orlov (1734-1783). He gave the diamond as a gift to his mistress Empress Catherine the Great (1729-1796) and she had the diamond set in the imperial scepter in 1774., print maker: Frans de Bakker, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1767, paper, etching, engraving, h 210 mm × w 123 mm.
Four views of the Orlov (Orloff) diamond, Frans de Bakker, 1767, Four views of the Orlov (Orloff) diamond. With a descriptive caption in French and Dutch about the diamond and its Iranian owner Gregorio Saffraz of Amsterdam. The 189-carat diamond was auctioned in Amsterdam in 1767 and sold to Count Grigory Orlov (1734-1783). He gave the diamond as a gift to his mistress Empress Catherine the Great (1729-1796) and she had the diamond set in the imperial scepter in 1774., print maker: Frans de Bakker, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1767, paper, etching, engraving, h 210 mm × w 123 mm