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GESM 120 | Catherine the Great

class guide for spring 2023 | Erica Camisa Morale, PhD

Portrait of Catherine II in Front of a Mirror
By Vigilius Ericksen, between 1762 + 1764
Bronze Horseman [Peter the Great]
Also read this tour guide's description
Academy of Sciences Building
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Portrait of Countess Maria Rumyantseva, née of Countess Matveyeva, Wife of Count Alexander Rumyantsev
By Alexei Petrovich Antropov, 1765
Catherine's Palace - Amber Room
Also read A Brief History of the Amber Room
Portrait of Procope Demidov
By Dmitry Levitsky, 1773; learn about Prokofi Akinfiyevich Demidov
Portrait of Catherine II
Attributed to Dmitry Levitsky (after Alexander Roslin), c1788
Catherine Palace - Great Hall
Also see the brief, Great Hall's 40th Year