Alexei Alexeevich Harlamoff

Private collection, South America

Original canvas on its original stretcher. Very fine craquleure is visible in places, particularly in the sitter's right shoulder and around the necklace. There are minor frame abrasions at the edges with slight associated paint loss. There is a light layer of surface dirt and a small stain in the shadow on the sitter's throat. Inspection under UV light reveals very minor scattered spots of retouching, particularly around the left eye and the left side of the face. Held in a gilt plaster moulded wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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The young model of the present work also appears at an older age in a similar costume and pose in Girl in Red in the collection of the State Russian Museum. The model remains easily recognisable as her distinctive blue-grey eyes look out at the viewer, her beaded necklace with its coral and silver pendants remain a treasured object.

This work is included in the electronic supplement to the Alexei Harlamoff catalogue raisonné compiled by Olga Sugrobova-Roth and Eckart Lingenauber.