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    • Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1771
    Jean-Baptiste Nini (French, 1717–1786)
    Chaumont-sur-Loire
    Cast terracotta (terre de Chaumont); Diam. (without frame) 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)
    Signed and dated on tranche
    Gift of James Hazen Hyde, 1952 (52.189.11)

    The abbreviated Russian legend translates: "By the grace of God, Catherine II, empress and sovereign of all Russia."

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  • Le Corbeiller, Clare. "Grace and Favor." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 27, no. 6 (February, 1969).
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  • Standen, Edith Appleton. "The Mistress & the Widow." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 25, no. 5 (January, 1967).
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  • Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1771
    Jean-Baptiste Nini (French, 1717–1786)
    Chaumont-sur-Loire
    Cast terracotta (terre de Chaumont); Diam. (without frame) 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)
    Signed and dated on tranche
    Gift of James Hazen Hyde, 1952 (52.189.11)