The Russian Sale
Catalogue Information: 425 lots | 409 with images
Date: 2005
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
United Kingdom
Lot 1: RUSSIAN SCHOOL
PORTRAIT OF GEORGY XI OF KARTLI108.25 by 80.25cm., 42 1/2 by 31 1/2 in.inscribed in Latin t.r.oil on canvasPROVENANCEThe Hamilton Collection, SwedenNOTEThis portrait depicts Tsar Georgy XI of Kartli, the third son of the Tsar Vakhtang V, the founder [...more]
Lot 2: IVAN OSIPOVICH MIODUSHEVSKY, 1831-1906
A VERY FINE COPY AFTER MURILLO'S BIRTH OF THE VIRGIN186 by 345cm., 73 1/4 by 136in.signed in Latin l.l. and inscribed d'apres Murillooil on canvasNOTEThe original work was executed in 1661 by Bartolomé Estebán Murillo (1617-1682) for the Chapel of th [...more]
Lot 3: ANTONI LANGE, 1774-1842
SPRING LANDSCAPE WITH LAKE85.75 by 113.5cm., 33 3/4 by 44 3/4 in.signed in Latin l.r. and dated 1839oil on canvas
Lot 4: f - JACQUE FRANÇOIS JOSEPH SWEBACH, 1769-1823
A FAREWELL TO NAPOLEON'S TROOPS BEFORE THEIR DEPARTURE TO RUSSIA39 by 45.5cm., 15 1/4 by 18in.oil on canvasPROVENANCEFogg Art Museum, BostonNOTEAfter studying with his father, the painter and sculptor François Swebach, the young Jacques-François Sweb [...more]
Lot 5: ALBRECHT ADAM, 1786-1862
A SET OF TEN WATERCOLOURS DEPICTING SCENS FROM THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN OF 1812each 21 by 30cm., 8 1/4 by 11 3/4 in.three signed in Latin l.r.; two signed in Latin l.m.watercolour and gouache over pencil on paperQuantity: 10NOTEAlbrecht Adam was a world- [...more]
