Portrait Of The Empress Elizabeth
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Portrait Of The Empress Elizabeth
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Print Collector
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Drawing - Illustration
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'Portrait of the Empress Elizabeth Petrovna', 1758. Detail. The second daughter of Peter the Great and Catherine I, Elizabeth of Russia (1709-1762) became empress in 1741 when she overthrew the infant Ivan VI. Her reign saw Russia become involved in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) and the Seven Years War (1756-1763). At home she commissioned large architectural projects in St Petersburg, many of them designed by her favourite architect, Bartolomeo Rastrelli. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg. (Photo by The Art Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)
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