Search
Remove Ads
Advertisement
Search Results
Definition
Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I reigned as queen of England from 1558 to 1603. Her 44-year reign was so long and packed with momentous events that the second half of the 16th century is now known as the Elizabethan era and still regarded as a 'Golden Age' for...
Image
Portrait of Catherine II
Portrait of Catherine II, oil on canvas by Alexey Antropov, 18th century.
Art Gallery of Tver, Russia.
Image
Portrait of Catherine the Great (Detail)
Portrait of Catherine II of Russia (the Great) in officer's uniform. The German princess (born Princess Sophia Augusta Frederica of Anhalt-Zerbst) ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796 after overthrowing her husband Peter III and became one of Russia's...
Image
Portrait of the Grand Duchess Ekaterina Alekseyevna (Catherine the Great)
Portrait of the Grand Duchess Ekaterina Alekseyevna (the future Catherine the Great) around the time of her wedding, oil on canvas by Georg Christoph Grooth, 1745. Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. Scanned by Mrlopez2681 from the Sept...
Image
Catherine II On the Balcony of the Winter Palace On the Day of the Coup
Catherine II on a balcony of the Winter Palace on the 28th of June, 1762, the day of the coup, watercolour by an unknown artist based on the original painting of Joachim H. Kaestner. Late 18th or early 19th century. State Hermitage Museum...
Image
Tsar Peter III & Catherine the Great
A Portrait of Tsar Peter III and his wife, the future Catherine the Great, oil on canvas by Georg Christoph Grooth, c. 1745.
Odesa Fine Arts Museum, Odesa, Ukraine.
Image
The Throne of Empress Catherine II in the Winter Palace
The throne of Empress Catherine II The Great (1729-1796).
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
Image
Marble Statue of Catherine the Great as Minerva
Catherine the Great in the guise of Minerva, marble statue by Fedot Shubin, 1789-1790.
Russian Museum, St Petersburg.
Image
St. Catherine of Siena
St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), oil on canvas portrait by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, depicting St. Catherine of Siena wearing a crown of thorns, c. 1746.
The Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
Image
Catherine of Valois
A 19th century CE illustration depicting Catherine of Valois (l. 1401 - c. 1437 CE). Catherine was the wife of Henry V of England (r. 1413-1422 CE) and mother of Henry VI of England (r. 1422-61 & 1470-71 CE). She also later married the Welsh...