489759 Catherine the Great, 1763 (oil on canvas) by Rokotov, Fedor Stepanovich (c.1735-1808); Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; (add.info.: Catherine II, also known as Catherine the Great (Yekaterina II Velikaya), Empress of Russia (1729??6), was the most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia, reigning from 9 July1762 until her death at the age of 67.); Russian, out of copyright.