Harvard Art Museums > 1938.32: Catherine II (1729-1796) Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Catherine II (1729-1796) (Giovanni Battista Nini) , 1938.32,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Mar 23, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/230653. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1938.32 People Giovanni Battista Nini, Italian (Urbino, Italy 1717 - 1786 Chaumont sur Loire, France) Title Catherine II (1729-1796) Classification Sculpture Work Type relief, sculpture Date 1771 Culture Italian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/230653 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Relief Dimensions 15 × 3.2 cm (5 7/8 × 1 1/4 in.) framed: 20.5 cm (8 1/16 in.) 485.2 g Inscriptions and Marks Signed: impressed on truncation: J B NINI F / 1771 inscription: verso, blue paint, handwritten: 4 inscription: verso, black ink, faded/worn, handwritten, French: [largely illegible:] [Abbaye des Benedictines?] / Imperatrice [de?] Russie inscription: verso, black ink, handwritten: Catherine II / de Russie / no. 32 du / Catalogue Villers inscription: back of frame, white chalk, handwritten: 3 inscription: verso, black ink, handwritten, Cyrillic: [inscription identifying Catherine II] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1938. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886 Accession Year 1938 Object Number 1938.32 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Catherine the Great in left profile, wearing laurel crown. Perforated at upper margin for hanging wire. Publication History [Reproduction only], Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum, (Cambridge, MA, March 1939)., repr. in b/w p. 58 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
