Sale 7453
London
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27 November 2007
Price realised
GBP 8,750
Estimate
PETER ERNST ROCKSTUHL (RUSSIAN, 1764-1824), CIRCA 1815 Count Keller, in profile to left, in military uniform of black coat with gold lace and gold-bordered red collar, gold and black shoulder belt signed 'Rockstuhl, fec.' (lower right) oval, 2 3/8 in. (61 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount
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For further information on this artist, see T. A. Selinova, Khudozhnik P. E. Rokshtul. Iz istorii russkoi portretnoi miniatiury, Moscow, 2005.
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