Russian Pictures

GEORGE DAWE | PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN

Auction Closed

November 26, 01:34 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

GEORGE DAWE

1781 - 1829

PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN

signed with initials l.m., signed and inscribed St Petersburgh in Latin and dated 1819 l.r.; further signed, inscribed and dated on the reverse and inscribed on the stretcher with varnishing instructions by Cornelius Varley

oil on canvas

66 by 57.5cm, 26 by 22¾in.

Bonhams London, 19th Century Paintings, 22 April 2010, lot 92

G.Andreeva, Geniuses of War, Weal and Beauty: George Dawe RA, Moscow: Pinakoteka, 2012, p.122 illustrated