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  • The Empress Elizabeth of Russia (1709–1762) on Horseback, Attended by a Page
    Georg Christoph Grooth (German, 1716–1749)
    Oil on canvas

    31 3/8 x 24 1/2 in. (79.7 x 62.2 cm)
    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Spear Jr., 1978 (1978.554.2)

    Grooth, born in Stuttgart, arrived in Saint Petersburg in 1743 and died there in 1749, at the age of thirty-three. From 1746, he was court painter to Elizabeth. This is a reduced replica with some differences in detail of his 1743 portrait of the empress (Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow).

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    The Empress Elizabeth of Russia (1709–1762) on Horseback, Attended by a Page
    Georg Christoph Grooth (German, 1716–1749)
    Oil on canvas

    31 3/8 x 24 1/2 in. (79.7 x 62.2 cm)
    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Spear Jr., 1978 (1978.554.2)


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