Portrait of Grand Duchess Yelizaveta Petrovna as a Child
by NIKITIN, Ivan Nikitich, Oil on canvas, 54 x 43 cm
Elizaveta Petrovna (1709-1762), also known as Yelisaveta and Elizabeth, was an Empress of Russia (1741-1762) who took the country into the War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748) and the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763).