Catherine II (Catherine the Great)

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late 18th–early 19th century · Walrus ivory · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Forms a pair of profile portraits of Russian czars along with 1972.145.37, Peter the Great. Kholmogory, a settlement at the mouth of the Northern Dvina River possessed a thriving ivory- and bone-carving industry using the by-products of the hunting and whaling activities at nearby Archangelsk.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 18th–early 19th century

Medium

Walrus ivory

Culture

Russian, Kholmogory

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of the Humanities Fund Incorporated, 1972