CHARLES ETIENNE GAUCHER (1748-1807) AFTER JEAN BAPTISTE GREUSE Portrait of the Empress Catherine II, 1782

paper, engraving with a chisel sheet – 26,7 x 20,1 cm, imprint – 24,7 x 18,5 cm The engraving was intended for the publication of C. F. Lubersac de Livron ‘Premier discours sur l’utilite et les avantages que les princes peuvent retirer de leurs voyages’ (St. Petersburg - Paris, 1782)