COUNT FEODOR TOLSTOY (1783-1873)

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THREE RARE WAX PORTRAIT RELIEFS
COUNT FEODOR TOLSTOY (1783-1873)
Comprising a portrait of Anna Feodorovna Dudina (1792-1835), first wife of Feodor Tolstoy; a portrait of a woman believed to be Elizabeth Barbot-de-Marni (1750-1802), mother of Feodor Tolstoy; and a portrait of an elderly woman, all within wood frames, one signed in Cyrillic 'Count Feodor Tolstoy'
6 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. (17.5 x 17.5 cm.) framed, and smaller

Provenance

Olga Iosifovna Rybakova (1915-1998), daughter of the important Russian Art collector Iosif Rybakov (1880-1938).
Acquired from the estate of the above by the parents of the present owner in the 1960s.

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Lot Essay

Count Feodor Tolstoy (1783-1873) was born in St Petersburg where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts from 1802. His greatest talent was wax modelling, and from 1810 he became a medal designer for the St Petersburg Mint. As one of the most fashionable artists in Russia during the 1820s, he was appointed vice-president of the St Petersburg Academy in 1828.

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