Lot 4 : Il'ia Efimovich Repin (1844-1930)
Auction Location: United Kingdom - 2005
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Artist or Maker:
Il'ia Efimovich Repin (1844-1930)
Title:
Portrait of Vasili Samoilov as King Lear
Description:
Portrait of Vasili Samoilov as King Lear
signed in Cyrillic 'I. Repin' (lower left), inscribed in Russian 'To V. V. Samoilov/"A King. A King from head to toe!" (lower left) and dated '5/x/84' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with gold and silver, on paper
19 x 13 3/4 in. (48.2 x 34.9 cm.)
Published:
Artistes Russes, Elie Répine, St. Petersburg, 1894, illustrated as 'Le Roi Lear'.
Notes:
Vasilii Vasil'evich Samoilov (1813-1887), was a respected dramatic actor famed for his interpretations of Hamlet, Shylock and Ivan the Terrible at the Alexandrinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. He premiered as King Lear in 1858.
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