Lot number 232 - Auction 156
PORTRAIT DER KAISERIN KATHARINA II.

VIGILIUS ERIKSEN (WORKSHOP/SCHOOL) 1722 Copenhagen - 1782 Rungstedgard PORTRAIT OF THE CATHERINE THE GREAT Oil on canvas. 60,5 x 46,5 cm. Vigilius Eriksen - a Danish portrait painter who worked in Russia for many years and served as court painter to Catherine the Great. His official portraits were often executed in several versions - some by his own hand, others as workshop copies by assistants and pupils. Min. rest., min. dam. above, margins relined.