File:Конный портрет Екатерины Великой. 1762.jpg

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Summary

Artist

Vigilius Eriksen (1722–1782)
Description	painter
Date of birth/death	1722	1782
Location of birth/death	Copenhagen	Rungstedgård
Work location	Denmark, Russia
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

Equestrian portrait of Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796)

Description

Русский: В. Эриксен. "Поход на Петергоф" (Конный портрет Екатерины Великой). 1762

Date

1762

Medium

oil

Current location

Grand Peterhof Palace

Source/Photographer

http://www.ceremonija.lv/pages/maska.ru.php

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Catherine the Great

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