Lot 22
  • 22

Petr Petrovich Vereshchagin

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Petr Petrovich Vereshchagin
  • The Volga
  • signed with initials in Cyrillic l.r. and inscribed r.Volga l.l.
  • oil on canvas
  • 22 by 34cm, 8 3/4 by 13 1/2 in.

Condition

Original canvas. There are cracks in the paint layer over the stretcher bars, most noticeably in the sky, and a pattern of very faint craquelure in places. There a minor abrasions along the edges. Inspection under UV light reveals minor retouching along the edges and a few scattered spots of retouching to the sky. Held in a gilt wooden frame with plaster mouldings bearing Beggrov stamp on the reverse. Unexamined out of frame.
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