# Portrait of Catherine I [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [NATTIER, Jean-Marc]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 143 x 110 cm ## Commentary Portrait of Catherine I 1717 Oil on canvas, 143 x 110 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg Catherine \(Ekaterina Alexeyevna\) I \(1684-1727\) was the second wife of Peter the Great. She functioned as co-ruler with her husband from 1724 until his death early in the next year, and reigned as sole Empress of Russia from 1725 until her death. Catherine was the first woman to rule Imperial Russia. ## Related artworks - [Allegory of Justice Punishing Injustice]() - [Comtesse de Tillières]() - [Comtesse Tessin]() - [Henriette of France as Flora]() - [Joseph Bonnier de la Mosson]() - [Judgment of Paris]() - [Madame Bouret as Diana]() - [Madame Henriette]() - [Madame la Comtesse d'Argenson]() - [Madame Le Fèvre de Caumartin as Hebe]() - [Madame Marsollier and her Daughter]() - [Madame Victoire]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()