File:Catherine I of Russia by Charles Boit (c.1717, Royal coll).jpg

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Portrait of Catherine I of Russia ((1684-1727)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Charles Boit  (1662–1727)  wikidata:Q4518968
 
Charles Boit
Alternative names
Carl Boit; C. Boit; Mr. Boit
Description Swedish painter and miniaturist
Date of birth/death 10 August 1662 Edit this at Wikidata 6 February 1727 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Parish of St Gertrud of Germany Paris
Work period 1682 Edit this at Wikidata–1727 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
England, Austria, Germany, France
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q4518968
After Jean-Marc Nattier  (1685–1766)  wikidata:Q277738
 
After Jean-Marc Nattier
Description French painter and portraitist
Date of birth/death 17 March 1685 Edit this at Wikidata 7 November 1766 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Paris
Work period 1700s-1750s
Work location
Paris; Amsterdam; The Hague Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q277738
Title
Portrait of Catherine I of Russia ((1684-1727)
Description
Catherine, Empress of Russia is shown in this signed enamel by Charles Boit, the leading European enamellist of the first quarter of the eighteenth century. The enamel is based on a portrait painted by Jean-Marc Nattier in 1717 (the Hermitage, St Petersburg) and must have been copied on the orders of Peter the Great during his visit to Paris in that year. Boit enjoyed a successful reputation having worked as Court Enamellist in England from 1696 until 1714 and then found favour at the French court with patrons such as Philippe, duc d'Orléans (1674-1723). The Empress is shown her wearing an embroidered gold dress, an ermine-lined crimson robe and the red sash of the Order of St Catherine.
Date circa 1717
date QS:P571,+1717-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium miniature on enamel
Dimensions height: 5.7 cm (2.2 in); width: 4.8 cm (1.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,5.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,4.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1459037
Accession number
Royal Collection RCIN 421596
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Signature recto right:

C. Boit
the 'CB' in monogram
not dated
Source/Photographer Royal Collection
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  • original portrait by Nattier
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