Lot 19
  • 19

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, 1817-1900

Estimate
600,000 - 800,000 GBP
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Description

  • Shipwreck off the black sea coast
  • signed in Latin l.r. and dated 1887; further signed and inscribed Russe in Latin on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 140 by 250cm., 55 by 98½in.

Provenance

A gift from industrialist and art collector James Fredrik Dickson (1844-1898) to his daughter, Countess Blanche Bonde of Sweden (1865-1960)
Thence by descent to Count Thure Bonde (1908-1998)
Acquired by the present owner in 1976