Portrait of Empress Anna Ioannovna, Louis Caravaque, 1730

The artist sets down all the attributes of power – a lavish coronation dress over which she wears an ermine mantle, the crown, scepter, and orb displayed on a velvet cushion. The large and heavy figure of anna ioannovna has compelled the artist to use a monumental composition. The appearance of the model hardly corresponds to the way she looked in life. Princess n. B. Dolgorukaya wrote about anna ioannovna: “… she had a terrifying gaze and an unpleasant face; she was so big that when she walked with courtiers she was head and shoulders above them and exceedingly fat". Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 1730. Dimensions: height: 262 cm (103.1 in); width: 205 cm (80.7 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Anna I of Russia. Collection: Tretyakov Gallery. Louis Caravaque - Портрет императрицы Анны Иоанновны - Google Art Project