Portrait of Johanna Elisabeth, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst
by PESNE, Antoine, Oil on canvas, 143 x 110 cm
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.