Christina Robertson

Lot 304: Christina Robertson (1796-1854)

Name: Christina Robertson (1796-1854)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: ecf962ef66

Est: £12,000 GBP - £16,000 GBP

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomOctober 12, 2009

Item Overview

Description

Christina Robertson (1796-1854)
Portrait of Countess Stroganov
signed and dated 'Christina Robertson f. 1852' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white, on paper, oval
8½ x 6½ in. (21.7 x 16.5 cm.)
Executed in 1852

Artist or Maker

Christina Robertson

Exhibited

London, Belgrave Square, Exhibition of Russian Art, June - July 1935, no. 688.
Moscow, Museum of Private Collections, Pushkin's Contemporaries: 100 Portraits in Watercolour from a Parisian Collection, May - July 1999.

Literature

M. Baruch & I. Sakharova, Russian Portraits in Watercolour, 1825-1855, Paris, 1994, pp. 126 and 127, illustrated.

Provenance

Collection of the Counts Stroganov, Rome.
Collection of Alexandre Troubnikov.

Notes

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Auction Details

Galerie Popoff: An Enduring Passion for Russian Art

Christie's

October 12, 2009, 12:00 AM GMT

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

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