3026585 Portrait of Catherine II, 1776-77 (oil on canvas) by Roslin, Alexander (1718-93); 274x189.5 cm; State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; (add.info.: Yekaterina Alexeyevna (Russian: ?郕訄?迮?邽郇訄 ?郅迮郕?迮迮赲郇訄 Yekaterina Alekseyevna) or Catherine II, also known as Catherine the Great (?郕訄?迮?邽郇訄 II ?迮郅邽郕訄?, Yekaterina Velikaya; 2 May [O.S. 21 April] 1729 ??17 November [O.S. 6 November] 1796), was the most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia, reigning from 1762 until her death in 1796 at the age of 67. ); Swedish, out of copyright.