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Dmitri Semenovich Stelletsky

The Betrothal of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and Natalya Naryshkina

Auction Closed

November 30, 02:40 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 GBP

Lot Details

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Dmitri Semenovich Stelletsky

1875 - 1947

The Betrothal of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and Natalya Naryshkina


signed in Latin l.l., inscribed Paris and dated 1916 l.r.

gouache and pencil on artist's board 

Board: 52 by 52.5cm, 20½ by 20¾in.

Framed: 81 by 80.5cm, 32 by 31¾in.

Commissioned by Princess Vera Naryshkina
Thence by descent
Christie's London, Russian Pictures, 30 November 2005, lot 189
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibition catalogue Les artistes russes hors frontière, Paris: Musée du Montparnasse, 2010, p.199 illustrated and listed
Paris, Musée du Montparnasse, Les artistes russes hors frontière, 22 July - 31 October 2010