In which of the following depictions of female royalty is the woman represented as an important individual in her own right, excluding the depiction on the pillar?
A) Queen Elizabeth I in the portrait by Nicholas Hilliard.
B) Cleopatra VII in the sculpture found in the Louvre.
C) Catherine the Great in the statue in St. Petersburg.
D) Empress Dowager Cixi in the painting by an anonymous artist.