The Empress Elizabeth of Russia on Horseback, Attended by a Page

The Empress Elizabeth of Russia on Horseback, Attended by a Page
Artist	Georg Christoph Grooth
Year	c. 1743
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	85 cm × 58.5 cm (33 in × 23.0 in)
Location	Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

The Empress Elizabeth of Russia on Horseback, Attended by a Page is an equestrian painting of 1743 in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, with several replicas. Done in oil on canvas by Russo-German painter Georg Christoph Grooth, the work depicts Empress Elizabeth of Russia on horseback. The empress is shown dressed in military uniform, attended by a negro page. Elizabeth is shown to be in command of the horse, while her holding of a field marshall's baton represents her command over the sea. The painting was a notable success for Grooth, a former art curator turned painter.^[1]

The version in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is also attributed to Grooth, dated to the years after 1743.

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