"Portrait of Catherine II on Horseback", a copy of Danish artist Virgilius Eriksen's picture painted after 1762. Catherine is depicted in the uniform of a Semyonovsky lifeguard regiment officer with Andrew the First Called order ribbon, on the horse called Brilliant, on the day of the coup d'etat 28 June 1762. Oil. The State Hermitage.
- Categories: Arts, Culture & Entertainment
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 01.01.1965
- Date published: 29.07.2009
- Author: Pavel Balabanov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: A65-7622, 6x9 slide
- Media: JPEG, 3544x4238px, 7.2Mb