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The portrait is Empress Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great. The small mirror was a diplomatic gift to her
from Louis XV. The work of Francois Thomas Germain, sculptor and goldsmith to the French court, he topped the frame with the arms of Russia
in a cartouche flanked by figures of putti and decorated it with flowers and acanthus leaves of amazingly fine workmanship.
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