Nicholaos Kounelakis, Greek 1829-69

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 GBP

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Description

Nicholaos Kounelakis
portrait of argiro zerlentis (nee maximou) with her son pericles
oil on canvas
95 by 76.5cm., 37½ by 30in.

Provenance

Georgis Zerlentis and Argiro Zerlentis (née Maximou), Russia
Loukia Spourgitis (née Zerlentis), Syros (daughter of the above)
Anastassios Spourgitis, Athens (son of the above)
Loukia Spourgitis, Athens (daughter of the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Catalogue Note

Kounelakis left Russia in 1857, and it is likely that Pericles was five years old when this work was painted, as he was born in 1852.