After Jean-Marc Nattier (Russian School, 18th century)
Lot 50PROPERTY OF A FRENCH ARISTOCRATIC FAMILY

After Jean-Marc Nattier (Russian School, 18th century)

Portrait of Catherine I (1684-1727)

Fermé23 November 2020

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After Jean-Marc Nattier (Russian School, 18th century)
Portrait of Catherine I (1684-1727)
with signature and date 'Nattier fecit/1718' (centre left)
oil on canvas
57 ¼ x 44 in. (145.5 x 111.8 cm.)

By repute, a gift from Peter the Great to the ambassador Louis-François-Marie de Verton (1636-1727), secretary in the cabinet du roi, and special envoy of his Majesty to Peter the Great.
By descent to the present owner.

Note du spécialiste


The original oil on canvas is in the collection of the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, inv. ЭРЖ-1857. According to D. Rovinsky, a copy was painted after the original, see D. Rovinsky, Concise Dictionary of Russian Graphic Portraits, St Petersburg, 1886, pp. 748-755.
We would like to thank Ólafur Þorvaldsson for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.