oil on wood
miniature: 7.5 x 8.7 cm (2 15/16 x 3 7/16); case: 13.5 x 13.5 cm (5 5/16 x 5 5/16 in.)




Depicting Peter the Great, the last tsar of Russia and its first Emperor, shown here in an ermine cloak over military regalia and holding a scepter. The front of the wooden case is decorated with the insignia of Peter the Great and the Roman numeral I.