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  • View full screen - View 2 of Lot 60. Peter the Great by the Banks of the Neva Contemplating the Founding of St Petersburg.
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  • View full screen - View 2 of Lot 60. Peter the Great by the Banks of the Neva Contemplating the Founding of St Petersburg.
  • View full screen - View 3 of Lot 60. Peter the Great by the Banks of the Neva Contemplating the Founding of St Petersburg.
  • View full screen - View 4 of Lot 60. Peter the Great by the Banks of the Neva Contemplating the Founding of St Petersburg.

Property from a Private Collection, France

Alexander Nikolaevich Benois

Peter the Great by the Banks of the Neva Contemplating the Founding of St Petersburg

Artist's Resale Right

Auction Closed

December 1, 03:47 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, France

Alexander Nikolaevich Benois

1870 - 1960

Peter the Great by the Banks of the Neva Contemplating the Founding of St Petersburg


signed in Latin and dated 1929 l.r.; further signed, titled and inscribed on the reverse

watercolour and body colour over pencil on paper

Sheet: 31 by 45cm, 12¼ by 17¾in.

Framed: 51 by 63.5cm, 20 by 25in.

Roy Miles Fine Paintings, London
Sotheby's London, Icons, Russian Pictures and Works of Art, 14 November 1988, lot 140
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners
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