Christina Robertson

Lot 305: Christina Robertson (1796-1854)

Name: Christina Robertson (1796-1854)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 225d3a2b88

Est: £10,000 GBP - £15,000 GBP

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomOctober 12, 2009

Item Overview

Description

Christina Robertson (1796-1854)
Portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaievna (1819-1876)
pencil and watercolour, with gum arabic in places, on paper
8¾ x 7¼ in. (22.1 x 18.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1840

Artist or Maker

Christina Robertson

Exhibited

Moscow, Museum of Private Collections, Pushkin's Contemporaries: 100 Portraits in Watercolour from a Parisian Collection, May - July 1999, illustrated p. 129.

Literature

M. Baruch & I. Sakharova, Russian Portraits in Watercolour, 1825-1855, Paris, 1994, pp. 128 and 129, illustrated.

Provenance

The Collection of the Princes Romanovsky, Dukes of Leuchtenberg.

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.
For further information concerning Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna see lot 477.

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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