fschieber/wit-captions huggingface dataset:
Żeliwne napisy z nazwami miejscowości, z których pochodziły ofiary obozu
Polski: Muzeum – Miejsce Pamięci w Bełżcu wzniesione w miejscu byłego niemieckiego nazistowskiego obozu zagłady. Fragment symbolicznej mogiły i nazwy miast. English: Museum and Memorial in Bełżec, commemorating victims of the Nazi-German extermination camp. Part of the "Stone Pile" and Cast-iron names of the towns .
Protoplanetární disk kolem hvězdy TW Hydrae objevený radioteleskopy ALMA
English: ALMA image of the planet-forming disc around the young, Sun-like star TW Hydrae. The inset image (upper right) zooms in on the gap nearest to the star, which is at the same distance as the Earth is from the Sun, suggesting an infant version of our home planet could be emerging from the dust and gas. The additional concentric light and dark features represent other planet-forming regions farther out in the disc. Čeština: Protoplanetární disk kolem mladé hvězdy podobné Slunci TW Hydrae. Vložený snímek (vpravo nahoře) zachycuje zvětšenou část oblasti mezery nejblíže k hvězdě, která se nachází ve stejné vzdálenosti od hvězdy jako Země od Slunce. To by mohlo znamenat, že v oblasti se z plynu a prachu rodí mladá verze naší rodné planety. Další koncentrické světlé a tmavé prsteny představují oblasti s formujícími se planetami ve větší vzdálenosti od mateřské hvězdy. 中文（繁體）‎: ALMA影像顯示，環繞在長蛇座TW星周圍盤面，有一個行星「正在成形」。右上圖局部放大顯示了離恆星最近的一處黑暗縫隙，恆星和黑暗縫隙兩者間距，差不多就是地球到太陽的距離，這表示一個像我們地球在嬰兒時期一樣的「行星寶寶」，正在從塵埃和氣體團塊中成形。盤面上離圓心較遠處，還有其他呈同心圓排列的明暗間隔，那代表其他幾個行星形成區域。
С актёром и режиссёром Хассе Экман, рекламный ролик в конце 1950-х годов
Coyote Creek Bridge carries Battle Creek Road over the stream near Crow.
English: Coyote Creek Bridge (near Crow, Oregon)
Skulpturer i Tørskind: uppe till vänster Fremspring, till höger Opspring
English: Tørskind Gravel Pit sculptures.
Wild West Falls no Warner Bros. Movie World, em Queensland, na Austrália
English: Wild West Falls Adventure Ride (formerly Wild Wild West) is an 8-seater flume ride at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Australia.
La tradition gantière, présentée sur les panneaux touristiques routiers.
Français : Panneau touristique relatif à la tradition gantière de Saint-Junien (Haute-Vienne, France), au bord de la route nationale 141, près d'Etagnac (Charente, France).
Blauroter Steinsame (Buglossoides purpurocaerulea) in der Ungeheuerklamm
Deutsch: Blauroter Steinsame (Buglossoides purpurocaerulea),Weingarten (Baden), Ungeheuerklamm, 05.05.2016
Arca Awalokiteswara Putih dari Nepal, abad ke-14, dalam sikap tribangga.
Introduction from the official Freer website: BODHISATTVA WHITE AVALOKITESHVARA (AMOGHAPASHA LOKESHVARA). 14th century, Malla dynasty, Early Malla period, Nepal. Polychromed woodH: 162.5 W: 96.0 D: 37.0 cm. Purchase - Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries and Sigrid and Vinton Cerf, F2000.5 Standing poised in the elegant tribhanga (triple-bent) pose, White Avalokiteshvara (literally, The Lord Who Looks down from on High) is a popular guardian deity of the Kathmandu Valley of the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, and pious Buddhists perform a special puja (ritual worship) to him each month. The beauty of the oval face, the sinuous lines of the torso, and the deft addition of paint make a significant statement about the achievement of Himalayan art. The image, which would have been honored within the shrine of a Buddhist monastery, is in exceptional condition considering that as a consecrated figure (X-rays reveal the insertion of a variety of metal objects and prayers that empower it), it frequently received ritual baths. Carved from a single large piece of wood, the image testifies to Nepalese skill in woodcarving. The wood is from the shal tree (shorea robusta), a tropical hardwood highly resistant to decay and insect damage, and therefore favored by sculptors. Artists covered the figure with a smooth layer of gesso (a fine, white plaster) and painted it in a variety of colors and patterns. Missing today is the inlay of precious stones, a Himalayan specialty, as well as two of the eight additional arms. Freer Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Le Petit Châtelet de Paris avec vue sur le Petit-Pont (gravure de 1850).
English: The Petit Châtelet of Paris
Borci 5. prekomorske brigade oboroženi z brzostrelkami Thompson in Sten.
Slovenščina: Oddelek »avtomatičarjev« 5. prekomorske brigade, oborožen z angleäkiml in ameriškimi brzostrelkami
Carteles electorales del BNG. febrero de 2009 en Santiago de Compostela.
Français : Panneau à Saint-Jacques de Compostelle du BNG (Bloque Nacionalista Galego) pour la campagne électorale du 1er mars 2009 au Parlement de Galice - Anxo Quintana était candidat à la présidence du gouvernement autonome.
HALCA after the final assembly during a solar battery check at Uchinoura
English: Haruka (はるか)/HALCA/VSOP/MUSES-B during a solar battery check at Uchinoura. The VLBI space telescope was built by JAXA. (translated with google) Image Policy
Ruta 21 en su cruce a desnivel con ruta 55 en el departamento de Colonia
Español: Ruta 21 en su cruce a desnivel con ruta 55 en el departamento de Colonia, Uruguay
Oitis na Avenida Magalhães Pinto, que foi pavimentada na década de 1960.
English: Oitis (Licania tomentosa) in the Governador José Magalhães Pinto Avenue, in Coronel Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Português: Oitis (Licania tomentosa) na Avenida Governador José Magalhães Pinto, em Coronel Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Vista de la façana sud, del rosetó i del remarcable gablet que el corona
Das von der deutschen Minderheit in Mexiko gespendete Beethoven-Denkmal.
Español: Monumento a Beethoven en la Alameda Central
Vista de Capileira en invierno, típico pueblo de la Alpujarra Granadina.
Capileira, en Granada (España)
The identifying flag of the Romanian General Staff (obverse and reverse)
a scanned picture of both sides of the flag. taken from the online photo database of The Ministry of National Defense.
Monthly Anthology v.2, 1805, published by Munroe & Francis, Court Street
English: Monthly Anthology and Boston Review, 1805
Olga ainda subtropical a leste da República Dominicana em 11 de dezembro
Satellite Image of Subtropical Storm Olga on December 11 near the Dominican Republic
Լուսանկարում Սոֆյան նստած է կենտրոնում, իսկ Շլիմանը կանգնած է ձախ մասում
Family photo with Heinrich and Sophia Schliemann. 1871. Albumen print. 10,4 x 14 cm.
Rapper Dumbfoundead at an Emory University concert on February 17, 2012.
English: Rapper Dumbfoundead at an Emory University concert on February 17, 2012.
Gedenksteen bij een van de laatste zichtbare overblijfselen van het fort
Plattdüütsch: Fléron, Belgien: Een vun de leste Överbliefsels vun de Fort vun Flémalle, Enkeltheit Català: Fléron, Bèlgica: Detall d'uns dels darreres restes visibles del Fort de Flémalle English: Fléron, Belgium: Plaque at one of the last remaining visible rests of the fort of Flémalle Nederlands: Fléron, België: Herdenkingstafel aan een van de laatste zichtbare overblijfselen van het Fort Flémalle Français : Fléron, Belgique: Plaque commémorative à un de derniers vestiges visibles du Fort de Flémalle Deutsch: Fléron, Belgien: Mahntafal bei einer der letzten sichtbaren Spuren des Flémaller Fort
Traditional Minnan (Hokkien) architecture styled Lukang Longshan Temple.
English: Outer gate of the Lung-Shan Temple at Lukang Township, Changhua County, Taiwan in 2004, on a cloudy day. Not to be confused with the similar-named temple in Wanhua, Taipei City.中文（繁體）‎: 龍山寺的外門，在2004年多雲的日子於臺灣彰化縣鹿港鎮拍攝。別與臺北市萬華龍山寺的同名給混淆。中文（简体）‎: 龙山寺的外门，在2004年多云的日子于台湾彰化县鹿港镇拍摄。別与台北市万华龙山寺的同名给混淆。Bân-lâm-gú: Liông-san-sī ê guā-mn̂g. Tse sī tī 2004-nî tsē-hûn ê 1-ji̍t tī Tâi-uân Tsiong-huà-kuān Lo̍k-káng-tìn hip ê. Tsit-kan sī kah Tâi-pak Báng-kah ê Liông-san-sī kâng-miâ. 龍山寺的外門，這是佇2004年濟雲的一日佇台灣彰化縣鹿港鎮翕的，這間寺佮台北艋舺龍山寺仝名。
Loko de la municipa teritorio de Villanueva de la Sierra en sia provinco
English: Villanueva de la Sierra
Petrarch's Arquà house near Padua where he retired (picture taken 2009).
English: The small staircase leading to the church of Santa Maria Assunta in Arquà Petrarca
Änderung der Direktmandate in den verschiedenen Wahlkreisen im Vergleich
Зміна кількості одномандатних округів на виборах 2012 року у порівнянні з 2002.
The ETV&G railyard and depot, as it appeared on an 1886 map of knoxville
English: The railroad yard at the north end of Gay Street, as it appeared on an 1886 map of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. The building labelled "D" was the depot and offices for the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad (later part of the Southern Railway). The truss bridge over the tracks has been replaced by the Gay Street Viaduct. The buildings in the upper right have been replaced by the Southern Railway Terminal. Cropped from map entitled, "Knoxville, Tennessee, County Seat of Knox County."
The Red Cedar River on the campus of Michigan State University in autumn
English: The Red Cedar River as viewed from a pedestrian bridge east of South Harrison Road, on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing
Left: the lower section of the old Fellhornbahn. Right: the new facility
English: Fellhorn cableways Deutsch: Alte und neue Fellhornbahn
Palacio de Carondelet, the executive branch of the Ecuadorian Government
Quito, 10 ago (Andes).- Con la presencia del presidente de la República, Rafael Correa; el vicepresidente Jorge Glas, varios ministros de Estado e invitados se realizó este lunes el Cambio de Guardia dedicado a los héroes del primer Grito de Independencia, d el 10 de agosto de 1809. ANDES/Micaela Ayala V.
Former Holy Cross vicarage at Inns Court; a listed building now restored
English: Former vicarage at Inns Court, Bristol. This listed building contains 15th century features
F-89H showing its GAR-1/2 Falcon missiles extended from the wingtip pods
Northrop F-89H (S/N 52-1938) with AIM-4 Falcon missiles.
Gedenktafel an Bruno Franks Geburtshaus, Stuttgart, Silberburgstraße 159
Gedenktafel für de:Bruno Frank
Ron Richards (centre) with defectors Vladimir and Evdokia Petrov in 1954
English: Vladimir Petrov and Evdokia Petrov with ASIO officer Ron Richards (centre) after the couple were granted political asylum in Australia.
Dmitri Medwedew an Bord des Kreuzers Pjotr Weliki (dt.: Peter der Große)
English: Dimitry Medwedev on board of the nuclear-powered cruiser Peter the Great (Pyotr Velikiy). Deutsch: schwerer russischer Raketenkreuzer mit Atomantrieb "Pjotr Welikij" (099) der Kirow-Klasse. Der Schffsname steht für Peter den Großen. Es ist 250 Meter lang, erreicht eine Geschwindigkeit von 31 Knoten, wurde 1996 vom Stapel gelassen und ist das Flaggschiff der russische Nordflotte.
Avstraliyanın Melburn şəhərindəki Misir Konsulluğunun qarşısında nümayiş
200 people rallied outside the Egyptian Consulate In Melbourne. Temperatures were hot reaching 40 degrees today, but the skyscrappers and trees in Market Street made the rally bearable.
Intercity naar Rotterdam passeert Utrecht Terwijde in de winter van 2009
Nederlands: Intercity naar Rotterdam passeert Utrecht Terwijde
La Celestina, una de las obras capitales del Prerrenacimiento en España.
Kapsuła powrotna Sojuza 28 na wystawie w Muzeum Lotnictwa Kbely w Pradze
English: Modul used by Vladimír Remek (Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely) Čeština: Modul, ve kterém se Remek vrátil na Zemi (Letecké muzeum Kbely)
Deska s děkovným nápisem od oranienburských měšťanů na pomníku kurfiřtky
Deutsch: Dankschrift der Bürger Oranienburgs auf dem Denkmal der Luise Henriette von Oranien vor dem Schloss Oranienburg.
Map of  Jefferson Park boundaries as delineated by the Los Angeles Times
English: Map of Jefferson Park, as limned by the Los Angeles Times Other information Boundary map as drawn by the Los Angeles Times on a CC-by-SA background. Note at bottom right of map on the L.A. Times website noted above says "CC-by-SA" (which gives permission to use the map). There is a link there to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, which explains the meaning thereof. The base map is credited to http://www.openstreetmap.org/ The Times spells all this out at http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/about/#the-data
16th-century Shahnameh illustration of Yazdegerd II seated on his throne
English: "Yazdigird II Accedes to the Throne", Folio 592r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
In Peter Vischer’s Gießhütte zu Nürnberg (Die Gartenlaube, 1867, S. 501)
Expression error: Unrecognized word "die". Deutsch: Bildunterschrift: „In Peter Vischer’s Gießhütte zu Nürnberg. Originalzeichnung von Rudolph Seitz.“ English: caption: "In Peter Vischer’s Gießhütte zu Nürnberg. Originalzeichnung von Rudolph Seitz." Deutsch: In Peter Vischer’s Gießhütte zu Nürnberg.Originalzeichnung von Rudolph Seitz.
Жан-Луи де Велли, Портрет графа И. И. Шувалова. 1755—1757, Русский музей
Xbox 360 müügile ilmumisega algas mängukonsoolide seitsmes generatsioon.
The Xbox 360, a video game console made by Microsoft and released in 2005. This is the very first model, a launch-edition of the "Pro", which included a 20GB hard drive and a silver DVD drive bezel.
Vstup do Archivu Pražského hradu na třetím nádvoří, Nový královský palác
Norsk bokmål: kongeplassen
Admirał Sidney Smith z Orderem Półksiężyca na czerwonej wstędze na szyi.
Ланиакея (в центре и слева) и сверхскопление Персея-Рыб (справа и снизу)
English: The present day dark matter distribution in a slice cut through a simulation of a flat universe with cosmological constant. The slice has a side length of 520 million light years, and a thickness of 100 million light years. It contains the so-called "supergalactic plane". The major nearby clusters, like Coma, Virgo, Perseus, are labelled. Русский: Пример галактических нитей в масштабе 500 млн световых лет. Отмечены скопления Девы, Волос Вероники, Персея
Klášterní kostel a bývalý františkánský klášter
(v období let 1692-1950)
Čeština: baziliky Navštívení Panny Marie s klášterem, Hejnice, okres Liberec. English: Basilica of the Visitation and monaster in Hejnice, Liberec District, Czech Republic.
Rena Sofer won in 1995 for her role as Lois Cerullo on General Hospital.
Rena Sofer Mingle Media TV and Red Carpet Report host Ashley Harrington were invited to cover the 2014 Daytime Emmy® Awards Nominees Cocktail Reception Hosted by the Television Academy’s Daytime Programming Peer Group Governors at the London West Hotel in Hollywood.
Памятник советским воинам, погибшим при освобождении Австрии от фашизма.
Vienna
an scoil saothair is mó - Naomh Seosamh Ard Aidhin.  Dúnadh é i 1969.[1]
A fascinating view of the Artane Schools with an early iteration of the iconic band on display. The Musical Director appears to be front and centre and many of the typical band instruments are on display but I don't think those cellos and that double bass will be a success in Croke Park any day soon? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Before 1908 (clock/pediment) NLI Ref: L_ROY_01116 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Kfz-Kennzeichen Moldaus 2015 ohne Rückschluss auf Herkunft, mit Plakette
Nederlands: Kentekenplaat Moldavië
Merchants' National Bank in Poweshiek County, designed by Louis Sullivan
en:Merchants' National Bank by en:Louis Sullivan in en:Grinnell, Iowa
God Lives Underwater performing at the Dress Rehearsal for Reproduction.
English: God Lives Underwater performing at Dress Rehearsal for Reproduction in 1998
Informacje na temat Red Tingle na jednej z tablic informacyjnych w parku
Red Tingle "fact sheet" from Walpole-Nornalup National Park
نگاره‌ای از خانه‌های روی آب در حاشیه رود مکونگ در استان چامپاساک، لائوس.
English: Colorful floating bungalows of Sala Don Khone Hotel, Mekong bank in front of tall palm trees, Don Khon in late afternoon, picture shot from Don Det island, Laos Français : Bungalows colorés flottants de l'hôtel Sala Don Khone, sur la berge du Mékong devant de hauts palmiers, Don Khon en fin d'après-midi, photo prise depuis l'île de Don Det, Laos
Nevsky Prospekt, is the main street in the city of St. Petersburg, 1901.
For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. St. Petersburg, Newski-Prospekt Zentralbild St. Petersburg, Rußland Blick auf den Newski-Prospekt, eine der Hauptstraßen der Stadt. Im Hintergrund die Admiralität. Aufnahme 1906 [Scherl Bilderdienst] Information added by Wikimedia users. English: Nevsky Prospekt (street) in Saint Petersburg (Imperial Russia). Vista of street from the Politseisky Bridge to the Main Admiralty building. Chicherin House facade on left side. Summer 1901 photograph by Karl Bulla. Русский: Санкт-Петербург. Невский проспект. Перспектива Невского проспекта от Полицейского моста к Главному Адмиралтейству. Лето 1901 года. Français : Saint-Pétersbourg. Perspective Nevski.
Hall County Courthouse in Memphis, glisdt im NRHP mit da Nr. 08000961[1]
English: South face of the Hall County Courthouse in Memphis, Texas, United States.
Аудиторія наукового товариства за адресою вулиця Володимира Великого, 42
Українська: Аудиторія Наукового товариства, Дніпропетровськ, вул.Плеханова, 42 This is a photo of a monument in Ukraine, number: 12-101-0016
Медичний центр університету Стоні-Брук (Stony Brook University Hospital)
English: This is the Stony Brook University Hospital located in the East side of the Stony Brook University campus. Image was created on April 27th 2013
Una familia londinense embarcándose en el Támesis para huir de la peste.
English: Preservation of a family on ship-board during the Great Plague
Kommissar Hans Eckhardt während eines Urlaubs 1969 in Tragöß, Österreich
Deutsch: Foto des Polizisten Hans Eckhardt, der 1972 von dem RAF-Terroristen Manfred Grashof ermordet wurde.
Porträtbüste Richard Aßmanns von Wolfgang Eckardt (1978) in Graal-Müritz
Deutsch: bust of Richard Assmann, sculpted by Wolfgang Eckardt, in Graal-Müritz
Le château de Nihonmatsu, centre administratif du domaine de Nihonmatsu.
日本語: 福島県立霞ヶ城公園
... et Varennes à Marcillat ainsi que Chantelle à Ebreuil à la même date
Français : Extrait du Livret Chaix de Mai 1914 (2ème partie : PO (compagnies diverses), page 146 : lignes Varennes à Marcillat et Chantelle à Ebreuil
Памятник В. П. Астафьеву в Красноярске. Скульптор Игорь Линевич-Яворский
Astafiyev, V.P.
St. Hilarius und das Pfarrhaus; siehe das nebenstehende  Kaschnitz-Zitat
Deutsch: Baden-Württemberg, Bollschweil, Pfarrkirche St. Hilarius
Patung Lenin sebagai patron (wali/santa) di Dubna, Russia, dibangun 1937
English: One of the world's tallest statue of Vladimir Lenin, 25-meter (82 ft) high, built in 1937, is located in Dubna at the confluence of the Volga and the Moscow Canal.
Hauptsitz des Landeskriminalamtes Niedersachsen im Behördenhaus Hannover
English: Landeskriminalamt Niedersachsen
Kragerø stasjon. Byen vart trafikkert av Kragerøbanen frå 1927 til 1988.
English: Kragerø Station on the Kragerø Line, Norway
Einer der letzten erhaltenen Oberleitungsmasten auf der westlichen Seite
Deutsch: Ehemaliger Oberleitungsmast am einstigen Bahnbetriebswerk Schlauroth (RAW Görlitz)
Ипатьевский монастырь — серебряная памятная монета Банка России, 2003 г.
Русский: Монета Банка России — Серия: «Памятники архитектуры России», Ипатьевский монастырь (XIV — XIX вв.), г. Кострома, 3 рубля, реверс.
Чероки на съёмочной площадке фильма I Dream Of Chasey, 23 ноября 2004 г.
Cherokee on Set of movie `I Dream Of Chasey`, Nov 23, 2004
Eddu Grey Rock buckwheat whisky from Distillerie des Menhirs in Brittany
Deutsch: Eddu Greyrock bretonischer Whisky Blended Whisky 40% in meinem Garten
phæno – Die Experimentierlandschaft, suidfasade, in Wolfsburg, Duitsland
Deutsch:  phæno Wolfsburg SüdseiteEnglish:  phæno Wolfsburg, Germany heading North
"Varilla mágica" portando el nombre del faraón Sedyefakara Amenemhat Kay
English: Magic wand with the name of pharaoh Sebkay of the early 13th dynasty. Inside is mentioned his paternal parentage by King Seb, Egyptian Museum Cairo, JE 34988 (CG 9433)
Михаел Грајс најуспепнији биатлонац на ЗОИ 2006. освајач 3 златне медаље
Todays winner. 1st place. IBU World Cup Biathlom Trondheim 19 March 2009. The license on this photo was changed on 15 February 2010 from All rights reserved to Creative Commons (CC-BY-SA). At the same time, a bigger version (2100x1400px) of the photo replaced the old one. If you use this picture, remember to give credit according to the license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).
The Old Quilt (la vieille courtepointe), par Walter Langley (1852-1922).
The Old Quilt
עוגת חביתיות. (בצרפתית) Mille crêpe, ביפנית ミルクレープ, (נהגה: מירוּקוּרפוּ)
English: Mille crêpe 日本語: ミルクレープ 한국어: 밀 크레페
1940 - Почтовый дворец (ныне музей истории Румынии) и Дворец CЭC (слева)
English: Victory Avenue in Bucharest Romania 1940's. The Post Palace on right (today the National History Museum)
Prinzip eines Range-Height-Indikators (RHI-scope) eines Funkhöhenmessers
Deutsch: kleine Animation eines RHI-scopes
Cartel informativo de Caja Rural de Jaén en una finca de olivar en Jaén.
Español: Vista del Cerro de Tallán, junto a la carretera de Jaén a Torrequebradilla. Sobre él, un cartel informativo de la Caja Rural de Jaén.
Map of Belyando Division and adjacent local government areas, March 1902
English: Map of Belyando Division and adjacent local government areas, March 1902
Schloss Pejačević in Virovitica, Sitz des Virovitica-Zweiges der Familie
English: Pejačević castle in Virovitica - southeast view Hrvatski: Dvorac Pejačević u Virovitici - jugoistočna strana
Federal subjects of Russia which have an entity called Kamensky District
یخرفت‌های بزرگ در یخچال علم‌چال، ایران، به فرد ایستاده روی سنگ دقت کنید.
فارسی: یخرفت‌های بزرگ در علم‌چال، به فرد ایستاده روی سنگ دقت کنید.
L'homme à la lanterne est vraisemblablement un autoportrait de Caravage.
Français : Détail de L'Arrestation du Christ de Caravage (1602). English: Detail from Caravaggio's The Taking of Christ (1602)
Districte del Congrés de les Illes Balears distribució municipal de 1977
English: Balearic Islands Spanish Congress District 1977 election municipal vote share
Генрих Бухгольц. Портрет Елизаветы Петровны, 1768, Царскосельский дворец
Русский: Портрет императрицы Елизаветы Портрет Елизаветы Петровны был заказан Екатериной II, решившей поместить его в Портретном зале Большого Царскосельского дворца. Исполнить заказ было поручено немецкому художнику Генриху Бухгольцу (1735-1781), который работал в Петербурге с 1760-х гг. и никогда не видел Елизавету Петровну. В основу своего произведения художник положил композицию большого парадного портрета Елизаветы кисти французского живописца Л. Токе (1758 г.). Соблюдая каноны жанра, Бухгольц создал помпезный портрет со всеми обязательными атрибутами: императорскими регалиями - скипетром в руке и державой на столе, парчовой мантией, расшитой двуглавыми орлами и "подбитой" горностаем, малой короной на голове. Прекрасно передана ткань одежды, кружева, складки на муаровой ленте, сверкающие драгоценности, выглядящие почти осязаемо. Все "доличное" письмо исполнено безупречно, но непосредственно лицо не получалось у живописца, все написанные им варианты отклонялись. Было принято решение сделать в композицию вставку - "вшить" в холст один из портретов Елизаветы, находившихся в мастерской художника Л. Каравака, неоднократно писавшего при жизни императрицы ее изображения. При внимательном рассмотрении в косом свете хорошо виден квадрат вшитого холста. Со временем история создания портрета забылась и на нее обратили внимание члены Художественной комиссии лишь в 1917 г., когда осматривали живопись Екатерининского дворца, преобразовывая его в музей. А.Н. Бенуа, Д.А. Шмидт, П.И. Нерадовский являются авторами этой атрибуции. Среди многочисленных изображений Елизаветы этот холст занимает особое место, поскольку является совместной работой трех живописцев - Л. Токе, Л. Каравака, Г. Бухгольца, считаясь сегодня символом елизаветинской эпохи. Портрет обрамляет великолепная резная золоченая рама - она является драгоценной оправой для изображения хозяйки дворца и, глядя на него, начинает казаться, что сама Елизавета, сверкающая бриллиантами, в роскошном платье появляется перед своими многочисленными гостями в струящихся золотой резьбой дверях парадной анфилады сказочного прекрасного Царскосельского дворца.