Catherine the Great Portrait, Hillwood

ID: 92-1651

Creator: Levitsky, Dimitry Grigorevich 1735-1822

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: Early 19th century

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 1, Folder: February 1969

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Summary

Catherine the Great by Levitsky, on display at Hillwood Estate. The portrait was presented by the Tsarina to her banker in Amsterdam, Henry Thomas Hope (who later owned Hope Diamond).

Subject

  • Post, Marjorie Merriweather
  • Hillwood Museum and Gardens

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in TORCH, February 1969

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 1, Folder: February 1969

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

Early 19th century

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Art
  • Exhibitions
  • Portraits
  • Catherine the Great
  • Kings and rulers
  • Hope, Henry Thomas
  • Art, Russian

Form/Genre

Photographic print

ID Number

92-1651

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print

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