Catherine the Great Visiting the Ice Mountain in Saint Petersburg

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Number:020197

Title:Catherine the Great Visiting the Ice Mountain in Saint Petersburg

Artist: Paterssen, Benjamin (1748-1815)

Museum: Private Collection

Method: Watercolour, Gouache on Paper

Created: 1788

School: Sweden

Category: Genre

Trend in art: Classicism

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