Title: Catherine the Great
Description: "Catherine the Great started her collection in 1764 to decorate the Winter Palace. The treasures are now housed in The Hermitage museum in Leningrad. This book presents a selection of these treasures, including jewellery, such as a gold, diamond and sapphire snuff box, diamond watches, chalices, table services, armour, tapestries, dresses and portraits of her and her courtiers."--Amazon.
Subjects: Art collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions, Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia), Russian Art, Art patronage, Russian Arts, Modern Arts, History, Art
Places: Saint Petersburg
People: Catherine II Empress of Russia (1729-1796)