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Lot 540: Piotr Sokolov (1787-1848)

Est: £25,000 GBP - £35,000 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomOctober 12, 2009

Item Overview

Description

Piotr Sokolov (1787-1848)
Portrait of Countess Olga Alexandrovna Orlova (1807-1880)
signed and dated 'Socoloff/1829' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with gold and with gum arabic in places, on paper laid down on board
8¼ x 6½ in. (21 x 16.5 cm.)
Executed in 1829

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

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. 92.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Piotr Feodorovich Sokolov. Russian intimate Portraits, Moscow, Pushkin Museum, 2003, illustrated p. 76, no. 92.

Notes

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Auction Details

Galerie Popoff: An Enduring Passion for Russian Art

by
Christie's
October 12, 2009, 12:00 AM GMT

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