Lot Essay
For a comparable still life by Count Feodor Tolstoy, see Christie’s, London, 28 November 2011, lot 8.
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Still life with a yellow-throated euphonia, butterfly and red and white currants
Details
COUNT FEODOR TOLSTOY (1783-1873)
Still life with a yellow-throated euphonia, butterfly and red and white currants
signed, inscribed and dated 'dessiné par le Comte Théodore Tolstoy 1826.' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and gouache, heightened with gum arabic, on paper laid on card
8 1⁄4 x 10 3⁄4 in. (21 x 27.2 cm.)
Still life with a yellow-throated euphonia, butterfly and red and white currants
signed, inscribed and dated 'dessiné par le Comte Théodore Tolstoy 1826.' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and gouache, heightened with gum arabic, on paper laid on card
8 1⁄4 x 10 3⁄4 in. (21 x 27.2 cm.)
Special notice
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