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                                            Nikolai Sverchkov (1817-1898) 
Officer of the Life Guards Hussar of his Majesty's Regiment 
signed in Cyrillic and dated 'N. Sverchkov/1849' (lower right) 
oil on canvas, with painted feigned dome 
22¾ x 19 3/8 in. (58 x 49 cm.) 
                                        
                                    
                                    
                                        Provenance
                                        
                                            Acquired in Leningrad in 1960 by the previous owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the 1960s.
                                        
                                    
                                    
                                        Literature
                                        
                                            Exhibition catalogue, El Caballo a través del Arte, Buenos Aires, 1979, listed p. 112, no. 185.
                                        
                                    
                                    
                                        Exhibited
                                        
                                            Buenos Aires, National Museum of Decorative Art, El Caballo a través del Arte, November-December 1979, no. 185. 
                                        
                                    
                                    
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