Catherine the Great : art for empire ; masterpieces from the State Hermitage Museum, Russia /

Catherine the Great : art for empire ; masterpieces from the State Hermitage Museum, Russia / [catalogue edited by Nathalie Bondil ; translation, Valentina Baslyk, Cecilia Grayson]. - [Montréal] : Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, c2005. - 328 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

Catalogue of an exhibition held at Art Gallery of Ontario from Oct. 1, 2005 to Jan. 1, 2006 and at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, from Feb. 2 to May 7, 2006. Cf. t.p. verso. Issued also in French under title: Catherine la Grande : un art pour l'empire. Co-published by: Snoeck Publishers and Art Gallery of Ontario.

Includes bibliographical references.

2891922875 905349555X (Snoeck : English hardcover) 9053495541 (French hardcover)


Catherine, II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796 --Art patronage.


Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia)


Art--Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg--Exhibitions.