<p>LOUISE BARBAULT DE LA BROUE DE SAINT-AVIT, NEE PERON (FRENCH, FL. C. 1789-1825) AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA LAMPI (ITALIAN, 1751-1830)
Catherine II (1729-1796), Empress of Russia 1762-1796, known as Catherine the Great, in ermine-bordered robes over blue dress, jewelled chain and tiara, wearing the blue moiré sash of the Imperial Russian Order of St Andrew, the red sash of St Catherine and the Military order of St George, green curtain background
signed 'Lise P - La Broue' (mid-left)
on ivory (artist's join)
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oval, 3¾ in. (95 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount
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<td>Anonymous Russian painter <i>(1670s-1917)</i>
<p><small>Public domain image <i>(according to <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-RusEmpire" title="Template:PD-RusEmpire">PD-RusEmpire</a>)</i></small>
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18<sup>th</sup> century <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7</div>
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