Lot Essay
The present miniature is after a large oil on canvas work of Catherine II by Johann-Baptist Lampi the Elder of circa 1780, now in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (inv. no. GG_7131).
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RUSSIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1780, AFTER JOHANN-BAPTIST LAMPI (AUSTRO-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 breast-star of the Imperial Russian Order of St Andrew, curling powdered hair
on ivory
oval, 1½ in. (38 mm.) high, silver mount with twisted suspension loop
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 breast-star of the Imperial Russian Order of St Andrew, curling powdered hair
on ivory
oval, 1½ in. (38 mm.) high, silver mount with twisted suspension loop
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