NIKOLAI EGOROVICH SVERCHKOV (1818-1898)

Troika in a Winterscape

Details

NIKOLAI EGOROVICH SVERCHKOV (1818-1898)
Troika in a Winterscape
signed in Cyrillic 'N. Sverchkov' (lower right)
oil on canvas
62.5x98.5cm.

Literature

N. Chapochnikova and D. Gurievich, Svertchkov, (Lausanne, 2000)

Lot Essay

Born in 1818 in St. Petersburg, where he studied at the Academy of Arts. A contemporary of Horace Vernet (1789-1863) and of A. de Dreux (1810-1860) he had like them a passion for horses which he represented in their numerous uses.

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