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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PRINCE IVAN OBOLENSKY
A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF COUNT ALEXANDER SUVOROV
RUSSIAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
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A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF COUNT ALEXANDER SUVOROV
RUSSIAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Count Alexander Suvorov painted in oil on mammoth ivory after the portrait by Dawe, wearing the uniform of the Preobrazhensky regiment, decorated with various orders and badges, including the Order of St. Anne, portrait badge of Emperor Paul I of Russia, and breast star and sash of the Order of St. Andrew, backed with light blue moiré silk inscribed 'SUVOROV/No 7', in glit-metal frame
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high
RUSSIAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Count Alexander Suvorov painted in oil on mammoth ivory after the portrait by Dawe, wearing the uniform of the Preobrazhensky regiment, decorated with various orders and badges, including the Order of St. Anne, portrait badge of Emperor Paul I of Russia, and breast star and sash of the Order of St. Andrew, backed with light blue moiré silk inscribed 'SUVOROV/No 7', in glit-metal frame
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Prince Serge Obolensky (1890-1978) and Ava Alice Muriel Astor (1902-1956), London, circa 1925.
Then by descent.
Then by descent.
Brought to you by
Mark Moehrke