On the picture Jonkheer Alfred Filz von Reiterdank, Honorary Grand Mistress of the Dutch Royal Household, Martine van Loon, Sándor and Herta Margarete von Habsburg, Thomas Friis-Konst, Ambassador of Portugal, José de Bouza Serrano.
Two hundred and fifty years after Catherine (Yekaterina II/Екатерина II) the Great founded the Hermitage in Russia. Its counterpart in Amsterdam presents her life story in a sumptuous exhibition on Europe’s longest-reigning empress. Her name has always been surrounded with stories and superlatives, often about her private life and court intrigues. Some of these stories belong to the realm of myth, but others are perfectly true.
The exhition’s VIP vernissage took place in the presence of HI&RH Archduke Sándor von Habsburg of Austria-Tuscany, a direct descendant of Catherine II the Great. Other prominent guests included the King of the Netherlands’ Chamberlain in Amsterdam, Mr Ernst Veen, Honorary Grand Mistress of the Dutch Royal Court, Mrs Martine van Loon-Labouchere, EU Affairs adviser Thomas Friis-Konst, Countess Sonia and Countess Fleur Festetics de Tolna, Jonkheer Alfred Filz von Reiterdank and Baron Henri Estramant.
The exhibition is running from 18 June 2016 to 15 January 2017 at the Hermitage Amsterdam.
For more information:
Hermitage Amsterdam: https://www.hermitage.nl/en/tentoonstellingen/catherine_the_great/index.htm
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Photography by Hermitage Amsterdam.
