ca. 1768 Catherine II by Heinrich Buchholz

This Buchholz portrait of Catherine II from about 1768 appears to be based on the Chyorny or Rokotov portrait of her.

Keywords:  1768, Buchholz, Catherine II, Princess, Tsaritsa, Ascania family, Romanov family, Russian, long straight coiffure, crown, jeweled headdress, scoop décolletage, elbow length puffed sleeves, forward-back flared engageantes, order sash, order star, robes

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