Lot Essay
For a photograph depicting Ivan Aivazovsky's wife, see Exhibition Catalogue, Ivan Aivazovsky, Moscow, 2016, p. 328.
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RUSSIA, 19TH CENTURY
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A GROUP OF SIX PORTRAIT MINIATURES
RUSSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Comprising an oval portrait of the wife of the painter Aivazovsky, signed on the right side Raulov, an oval portrait of General Vladimir Gurko, a view of a church signed by Iziedinov, an oval portrait of an officer together with two portraits of ladies
4 5/8 in. (11.6 cm.) high and smaller
RUSSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Comprising an oval portrait of the wife of the painter Aivazovsky, signed on the right side Raulov, an oval portrait of General Vladimir Gurko, a view of a church signed by Iziedinov, an oval portrait of an officer together with two portraits of ladies
4 5/8 in. (11.6 cm.) high and smaller
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Please note this lot contains a portrait of General Vladimir Gurko.
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