Lot Essay
The original portrait was painted from life in Karlsbad in the second half of September 1711, and engraved by A. Zubov as the frontispiece of the Marsovaia Kniga published in St. Petersburg in 1713.
For a reduced version of oval shape, see T. A. Selinova, Portrait Miniature in Russia XVIII - XIX Centuries, from the Collection of the Historical Museum, Moscow, Leningrad, 1988, p. 328, no. 146, illustrated p. 55, pl. 10.
For a reduced version of oval shape, see T. A. Selinova, Portrait Miniature in Russia XVIII - XIX Centuries, from the Collection of the Historical Museum, Moscow, Leningrad, 1988, p. 328, no. 146, illustrated p. 55, pl. 10.