BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I, 1841

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A RARE PORCELAIN MILITARY PLAQUE
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I, 1841
Rectangular, painted with officers and soldiers of the Chevalier Guard Regiment in front of the Guardhouse on Yelagin Island after Adolphe Ladurner, signed in Cyrillic and dated 'Student N. Semenov 1841' (lower left), within a gilt wood frame, apparently unmarked, also signed in Cyrillic and dated on the reverse, further inscribed with numerals
10 x 13½ in. (25.6 x 34.2 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 December 1994, lot 241.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Among the officers depicted on the present plaque, are Count Alexander Chernyshov (1786-1857), the Russian Minister of War, Ivan Vietinghof (1797-1871), Commander of the Chevalier Guard Regiment, and Petr Lanskoy (1799-1877), aide-de-camp of the regiment. For more information about the painting by Ladurner, see S. Podstanitsky, et al., Russkaia Gvardia v Kartinah A.I. Ladurnera, Moscow, 2017, pp. 90-93.

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