22 x 18 cm. (8.7 x 7.1 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

Massie in Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman. “Dashkova considered her to be living in vulgar public concubinage.” In 1759, Dashkova made a much more respectable romantic alliance by ...

Portrait of Empress Catherine II (1729-1796 ... Read on to find out where Catherine the Great’s royal gems ended up after her death in 1796. The Imperial Crown of Catherine II the Great.

so much so that a portrait was painted of her on horseback. It was also well documented that Catherine was sexually independent and took many male lovers during her reign, some of them a great deal ...

In 1745, after being received into the Russian Orthodox Church, and changing her name to Catherine, she married Grand Duke Peter, grandson of Peter the Great and heir to the Russian throne.

Catherine the Great was the most powerful woman of her time, whose 34-year reign, the longest by any female in Russian history, transformed her adopted homeland into a global superpower. Her time as ...

Among them will be a portrait taken for Catherine, Princess of Wales’ 40th birthday and a new shot from Prince William and Kate’s wedding in 2011. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Royal photo exhibition to be ...