The Russian Sale
Catalog Information: 258 lots | 254 with images
Date: 2005
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
United Kingdom
Lot 1: PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTOR STEPAN SEMIONOVICH SHCHUKIN, 1758-1828 PORTRAIT OF
PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTOR STEPAN SEMIONOVICH SHCHUKIN, 1758-1828 PORTRAIT OF ALEXANDER I, EMPEROR OF RUSSIAsigned in Latin m.l. and dated 1806oil on canvasPROVENANCEAcquired in 1807 for the first Earl of Malmesbury by his secretary Jame [...more]
Lot 2: JOSEF IOSEFOVICH CHARLEMAGNE, 1824-1870 THE FUNERAL OF TSAR NICHOLAS I, 1855
watercolour over pencil on paper heightened with gouacheCATALOGUE NOTECharlemagne's watercolour gives a striking depiction of the pomp and ceremony of an Imperial funeral. The troops of the St. Petersburg garrison would line the route of the cortège, [...more]
Lot 4: COUNT MIHALY VON ZICHY, 1827-1906 FEAST DAY AT TSARSKOE SELO
signed and inscribed folle journée in Latin l.r. and dated 89; also titled in Latin and dated 19 fevrier 1889 t.m.watercolour over pencil on board
Lot 5: f - KONSTANTIN NIKOLAEVICH FILIPPOV, 1830-1878 IMPERIAL CONVOY
signed in Cyrillic l.r.watercolour on paper
Lot 6: PETR FEDOROVICH SOKOLOV, 1787-1848 A PAIR OF PORTRAITS
both signed, possibly later, in Cyrillic and dated 1848watercolour over pencil on paper, both set within contemporary silk lined casesQuantity: 2
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