Petr Fedorovic Sokolov

Lot 317: Piotr Sokolov (1787-1848)

Name: Piotr Sokolov (1787-1848)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: cd3d9ea170

Est: £10,000 GBP - £15,000 GBP

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomOctober 12, 2009

Item Overview

Description

Piotr Sokolov (1787-1848)
Portrait of Elizaveta Davidovna Esaulova (d. 1853)
signed in Cyrillic 'Sokolov' (lower right)
watercolour on paper
7 3/8 x 5 7/8 in. (18.8 x 15 cm.)
Executed in the late 1830s

Artist or Maker

Petr Fedorovic Sokolov

Exhibited

St Petersburg, Tauride, Exposition historique et artistique de Palais de Tauride, 1905, no. 1840.
Moscow, Pushkin Museum, 'I see myself as if in a mirror...' Contemporaries of A. C. Pushkin in the Portraits of P. F. Sokolov, 2003, no. 143.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Exhibition VII, St Petersburg, Tavrichesky Palace, 1905, p. 24, no. 1840.
'Biedermeier in Private Collections', Pinakoteka, Moscow, 1998, no. 4, illustrated p. 72. no. 2.
Exhibition catalogue, Piotr Feodorovich Sokolov. Russian intimate Portraits, Moscow, Pushkin Museum, 2003, illustrated p. 112, no. 143.

Provenance

Prince Alexei Mikhailovich Golitzin, Moscow.

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.
Elizaveta Davidovna Esaulova was the nanny of Mikhail Feodorovich Golitzin (1800-1873).

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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