Today is a great day!

Today is a great day since my whole family get's to visit the AGO thank's to my son's new job..
As guests of Rayomd James Fanancial we get to meet this great Lady, if not in person at least some of her belongings.

Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1729–1796), was one of history’s greatest art patrons – and one of its shrewdest political leaders. For her, art and politics were inseparable. By her acquisition of important works of art from the past, and her patronage of the foremost artists of her time, she not only formed one of the finest collections in the world, but spectacularly transformed St. Petersburg into one of the cultural capitals of Europe.