Grand Duke George Mikhailovich

Details

Mikhail Mizernyuk (dates unknown)
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich
signed in Cyrillic and dated 'M. Mizernyuk/1916, June' (lower right)
graphite, pastel and charcoal on paper
14½ x 11 in. (37 x 28 cm.)

Provenance

Grand Duke George Mikhailovich (1863-1919).
Princess Xenia Georgievna Chavchavadze (1903-1965).
By descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The artist Mikhail Mizernyuk, was most famous for his portrait sketches of Russian military heroes during the early twentieth century. Among these heroes are General Mikhail Aleksyeev (1857-1918), Commander Nikolai Yudenich (1862-1933) and Grand Duke George Mikhailovich (1863-1919), all of whom served in the Imperial Russian army during the First World War.

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