Catherine II of Russia
ca. 1771
Medium
Woven and embroidered silk
Dimensions
Overall, loom width: H. 40 x W. 29 1/2in. (101.6 x 74.9cm); Framed: H. 45 x W. 33 1/2 in. (114.3 x 85.1 cm)
Classification
Textiles-Woven
Culture
French, Lyons
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1941
Accession Number
41.78
Tags
About the Artist
Philippe de Lasalle · 1723–1804
Philippe de Lasalle (1723–1804) was born on September 2 in the small town of Seyssel in the Ain department of France, the son of a local finance official. Orphaned at just one year old, he was raised by relatives and moved to Lyon at age fourteen to live with an uncle. There, he began his artistic training as an apprentice to the painter Daniel Sarrabat, a prominent Lyonnais figure known for instr...