# Portrait of Johanna Elisabeth, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PESNE, Antoine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pesne-antoine-r96972fb78a9af5>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 143 x 110 cm

## Commentary

Portrait of Johanna Elisabeth, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst c. 1746 Oil on canvas, 143 x 110 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg Princess Johanna Elisabeth \(1712-1760\) was the daughter of Prince Christian August of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin and sister of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden. She married Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst \(1690-1747\). They had five children, one of them, Sophie Auguste Fredericka \(1729-1796\) later became Catherine II the Great, Empress of Russia.

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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)