Catherine II The Great, Empress of Russia
Artwork Details
- Title: Catherine II The Great, Empress of Russia
- Artist: Jean-Baptiste Nini (Italian, Urbino 1717–1786 Chaumont-sur-Loire)
- Date: 1771
- Culture: French, Chaumont-sur-Loire
- Medium: Medallion: cast terracotta (terre de Chaumont); frame: gilt wood
- Dimensions: Diameter (without frame): 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture-Miniature
- Credit Line: Gift of James Hazen Hyde, 1952
- Object Number: 52.189.11
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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