Portrait of Empress Catherine II by Peter Drozhdin

Traditional in its composition and paraphernalia, the ceremonial imperial portrait is growing. But his attribution is very interesting. The canvas was bought in 1882 by PM Tretyakov as a work of TV Borovikovsky – on the pillow a false signature: “wrote Borovikovsky.”

For a long time, the portrait was attributed to F. S. Rokotov and even exhibited at his personal exhibition in 1923. And only after almost forty years TV Alekseeva convincingly proved the authorship of PS Drozhzhin.

Related Paintings

Portrait de l’impératrice Catherine II – Peter Drozhdin Retrato de la emperatriz Catalina II – Peter Drozhdin Portrait of Empress Catherine II by Fedor Rokotov Portrait of a boy by Peter Drozhdin Portrait of a Boy in a Hunting Suit by Louis Caravacq Catherine II in the Tsar’s Park by Vladimir Borovikovsky Crucifixion by Giotto Portrait of A. G. Bobrinsky in childhood by Fedor Rokotov