Ekaterina Petrovna’s father was Prince Peter-August-Friedrich Holstein-Beck, Estland governor-general and field-marshal, and mother-countess Natalia Golovina. Her parents were among the adherents of Peter III, and she was with a 12-year-old

Painting by the Swiss artist Angelica Kaufman “Allegory of Poetry and Music.” The diameter of the picture is 61 cm, canvas, oil. Kaufman, as a representative of the Rococo and

Painting by the Swiss artist Angelica Kaufman “Portrait of a Lady in Vestal Dress”. The size of the picture is 91.5 x 71.5 cm, canvas, oil. Vestals are the priestesses

Kaufmann’s painting depicts Princess Esterhazy, the wife of the Austrian Field Marshal and Hungarian sovereign Prince Nikolai Esterhazy. Esterhazy-Galanta is a powerful and rich family of Hungarian magnates; according to