Portrait of Anna Stepanovna Protasova (1745-1826), Catherine II Freiline Camerine

The artist is Levitsky

Protasova Anna Stepanovna (1745–1826) – daughter of the senator from. F. Protasova, cousin of the Orlov brothers. Favorite maid of honor Catherine II. In 1785 it was granted by the title of cameras and „The precious portrait of the empress “. Pavel I on the day of coronation granted her the Order of St. Catherine of the Small Cross. Alexander I erected it to the count dignity (1801). Until 1823, the chamber of the Empress Maria Fedorovna remained. I was not married. She died in St. Petersburg and was buried in the spirit of the Church of the Alexander-Heva Lavra. Painting of the XVIII century. T. one. SPb, 1998. With. 73.