Catherine ii at the mirror. State russian museum. 1779 reduced version of the portrait (1762; state hermitage museum*) oil on canvas. 72 x 55 signed and dated lower left: v. Eriksen pinx: 1779. On the reverse side, in black paint, the inscription: transferred from the old canvas to the new one in 1888 by a. Sidorov. On the stretcher, in black pencil: 5434; in red: 4985; in blue:. [see scanned text]; stamp at the bottom: g. R. M. Inv. No. 4985 (number crossed out); at the top, in red paint: 4985. Received: 1926 from the state hermitage museum; previously - romanov gallery of the winter palace zh-5380 depicted with the order of st. Andrew the first-called (ribbon, star and cross). A smaller repetition - the chinese palace (oranienbaum). Engraved (to the shoulders) by a. Radigue (1768), i. M. Stock, e. Henne, and others (see: rovinsky. Portraits**, v. 2, pp. 785-786). The state hermitage museum. Petrograd-leningrad-st. Petersburg, since october 1917; earlier: ie - imperial hermitage. St. Petersburg-petrograd, 1767 - february 1917; later: march - october 1917 - the hermitage. A detailed dictionary of russian engraved portraits. Comp. D. A. Rovinsky. - st. Petersburg. - 1886-1889. - v. 1-4. Date: 1779. Medium: oil. Collection: Chinese Palace in Oranienbaum, Russia. Catherine II in front of a mirror by V.Ericksen (1779, Russian museum)
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