Russian Pictures
Russian Pictures
Nikolai Nikolaevich Ge
Portrait of Nikolai, the Artist's Son
Auction Closed
December 1, 03:47 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Nikolai Nikolaevich Ge
1831 - 1894
Portrait of Nikolai, the Artist's Son
signed in Cyrillic, inscribed Khutor and dated 1882 l.r.; further bearing the remnants of several wax seals and a label on the stretcher
oil on canvas
Canvas: 100 by 69cm, 39¼ by 27¼in.
Estate of the artist
Possibly, collection of the State Tretaykov Gallery, Moscow (1897-1900)
Collection of the sitter, Geneva, until his death in 1938
Thence by descent to Beatrice de Watteville, Château de Gingins, Vaud
Acquired at the estate sale of the above by the Swiss publishing house Librairie Nouvelle in 1952
Possibly, collection of the State Tretaykov Gallery, Moscow (1897-1900)
Collection of the sitter, Geneva, until his death in 1938
Thence by descent to Beatrice de Watteville, Château de Gingins, Vaud
Acquired at the estate sale of the above by the Swiss publishing house Librairie Nouvelle in 1952
Al'bom khudozhestvennykh proizvedenii Nikolaya Nikolaevicha Ge, Moscow: Posrednik, 1904, p.66 illustrated, p.12 listed