The Russian Sale
Catalog Information: 434 lots | 433 with images
Date: 2006
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
United Kingdom
Lot 1: JEAN LOUIS DE VEILLY, 1720-1809
AN IMPERIAL PROCESSION INSIDE THE KREMLIN WITH THE IVAN THE TERRIBLE BELFRY AND THE CATHEDRAL OF THE ASSUMPTION BEYOND11.5 by 18cm., 4½ by 7in.signed in Latin l.rgouache on ivory
Lot 2: KARL PAVLOVICH BRULLOV, 1799-1852
ITALIAN SCENEsheet size 17.5 by 21.5cm., 6¾ by 8½in.signed in Cyrillic l.l.brown wash over pencil on paperNOTEThe offered lot is directly comparable to Brullov's Italian Midday from 1827, currently in the State Tretyakov Gallery (fig.1)
Lot 3: AFTER MIKHAIL SHIBANOV, D.1789
PORTRAIT OF CATHERINE II IN TRAVELLING CLOTHES72 by 56.5cm., 24¼ by 22¼in.oil on canvasNOTEThe original portrait by Mikhail Shibanov in the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg was painted in 1787 during Catherine the Great's visit to Kiev.
Lot 4: JOHANN FRIEDRICH SEUPEL, ACTIVE ST PETERSBURG SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
HOUNDS WITH GAME143 by 107cm., 56¼ by 42in.signed in Latin l.l.oil on canvasNOTEIt is especially rare to see such an early example of the Russian still life at auction.Due to the rise in popularity of portraiture under Peter the Great, still life pai [...more]
Lot 5: AUGUSTIN RITT, 1765-1799
PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF EMPRESS ELIZAVETA ALEXEEVNAimage size: 9 by 7cm., 3½ by 2¾in.signed in Latin l.l.gouache and watercolour on ivoryPROVENANCECollection of Countess Festetics, Hungary, 1910s;Collection of Leo R. Schidlof, ViennaEXHIBITEDBrussels, [...more]
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