Catafalque for the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia (Front Elevation).

Vincenzo Brenna

1796 · Pen and gray-black ink, brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite of leadpoint · Drawings and Prints

Frontal view of the catafalque designed by Brenna for the burial of Catherine the Great and her husband Tsar Peter III (died 1762) which took place in the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Paul in Saint Petersburg, Russia in November 1796.

Artist

Vincenzo Brenna

Date

1796

Medium

Pen and gray-black ink, brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite of leadpoint

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1993