For Catherine the Great ... embraced the notion of jewelry as art and collaborated with the top court jewelers on specially commissioned designs. As her collection grew, she dedicated an entire ...

Catherine's major influences on her adopted country were in expanding Russia's borders and continuing the process of Westernisation begun by Peter the Great ... acquired an art collection which ...

Catherine the Great founded the Hermitage Museum in 1764 as a place to house her private art collection. The main museum complex comprises six buildings, including the Winter Palace, which was the ...

The TASMA lectures on Catherine the Great’s collection of treasures will be given in Moraira and Javea. The first, a morning lecture, will be given at Espai La Senieta in Moraira and doors will open ...

The Imperial Crown of Catherine II the Great. Found in the collection of State Hermitage ... a significant collector of Imperial Russia-era art.