Lot Essay
Translation of the note of authentification from Russian reads I ascertain that this portrait of an old man painted on canvas measuring 48 x 54 [sic] is a work executed by Professor Il'ia Efimovich Repin in the years 1877-1880. Therefore this portrait with such an animated facial expression could only be created by Pr. I.E. Repin. Iurii Repin Helsinki, Alppikatu 25, as.57, Jurii Repin 19XII50 with Finnish translation