Augustin Ritt

Lot 212: AUGUSTIN-CHRISTIAN RITT (RUSSIAN, 1765-1799)

Name: AUGUSTIN-CHRISTIAN RITT (RUSSIAN, 1765-1799)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 4c381a6d37

Est: £15,000 GBP - £25,000 GBPSold:

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 27, 2012

Item Overview

Description

AUGUSTIN-CHRISTIAN RITT (RUSSIAN, 1765-1799)
Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich (1778-1825), in blue coat with silver buttons, white cravat, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast-star of the Imperial Russian Order of St Andrew, and the Order of St Anna, powdered hair
signed 'Ritt' (lower right)
on ivory
2 5/8 in. (67 mm.) diam., silver-gilt mount

Artist or Maker

Augustin Ritt

Literature

G. N. Komelova, Augustin Ritt: Russian Miniaturist 1765-1799. Life and Art, St Petersburg, 2004, illustrated p. 49, no. 13, no. 2 of catalogue raisonné (p. 131), and listed in artist's fee book for 1793 (painted for 'Prince Waldron').

Provenance

Robert D. Brewster (1916-1995) Collection, New York; Sotheby's, London, 14 December 1995, lot 60.

Auction Details

Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes

Christie's

November 27, 2012, 10:30 AM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK

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