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Due to the expensiveness of life in Paris, Anna Dorothea had financial difficulties and from November 1768 until early 1769 the heavily indebted painter traveled through Brussels and the Netherlands to return to Berlin. She became the primary painter in Prussia, where she was held in high esteem. She was a portrait painter to Frederick II of Prussia (Frederick the Great), whose newly built palace of Sanssouci she decorated with mythological scenes. She also painted portraits of eight Prussian royals for Catherine II of Russia (Catherine the Great).[1] Though Anna Dorothea never visited the country, her work was appreciated Russian collectors too.[2] She also met the group of artists surrounding Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

She died in Berlin at the age of 61, and was buried on Dorotheenstadt cemetery, whose pertaining church was destroyed in World War II. Her tomb remains intact.

Her relationship with Diderot inspired Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt to write his play Der Freigeist ("The Free Spirit"), also known as Der Libertin ("The Libertine").

  1. ^ St. Petersburg the Great, The Washington Post, 7 Feb 2003, retrieved on 20 July 2009
  2. ^ Russian Revelation; At Women in the Arts, Catherine's St. Petersburg Resurrected, The Washington Post, 23 Feb 2003, retrieved on 20 July 2009