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title: Portrait of the Grand Duchess Ekaterina Alekseyevna (Catherine the Great)
author: Georg Christoph Grooth
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17780/portrait-of-the-grand-duchess-ekaterina-alekseyevn/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 2023-08-22
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# Portrait of the Grand Duchess Ekaterina Alekseyevna (Catherine the Great)
_Authored by Georg Christoph Grooth_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/17780.jpg)
## Image Caption
Portrait of the Grand Duchess Ekaterina Alekseyevna (the future [Catherine the Great](https://www.worldhistory.org/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. 1998 issue of National Geographic Magazine (Vol.194/No.3).
## Cite This Work
### APA
Grooth, G. C. (2023, August 21). Portrait of the Grand Duchess Ekaterina Alekseyevna (Catherine the Great). *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Grooth, Georg Christoph. "Portrait of the Grand Duchess Ekaterina Alekseyevna (Catherine the Great)." *World History Encyclopedia*, August 21, 2023. .
### MLA
Grooth, Georg Christoph. "Portrait of the Grand Duchess Ekaterina Alekseyevna (Catherine the Great)." *World History Encyclopedia*, 21 Aug 2023, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Empress_Catherine_The_Great_circa_1845_(George_Christoph_Grooth).jpg) by **Georg Christoph Grooth**. Submitted by [Liana Miate](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/lianamiate/ "User Page: Liana Miate"), published on 21 August 2023. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Public Domain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain). This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.