5th Mar, 2024 10:00

Antiques & Collectables Auction

 
  Lot 501
 

501

19th Century Russian School Naïve Folk-Art Painting

Sold for £240
Estimated at £300 - £500


 
19th Century Russian School Naïve Folk-Art Painting, An equestrian portrait of Tsar Nicholas I (1796-1855) on horseback in a landscape with a monumental urn and a church in the distance. The image seemingly derived from an 1822 painting by George Dawe RA (1781-1829) whilst Nicholas was Grand Duke. Oil on Canvas 63 cm x 83 cm. A 19th Century St Petersburg gallery label to the back may relate to ownership of the military historian G S Gabaer (1877-1956) indistinct inscription on the stretcher