PIETRO DE ROSSI (RUSSIAN, 1761-1831) , Count Kyrill Alekseevich Razumovskii (1780-1829), in blue coat with green lapels and collar, pale grey waistcoat, white shirt, holding a book; landscape background

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Important Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes

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27 November 2007

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Lot 178

PIETRO DE ROSSI (RUSSIAN, 1761-1831)

Count Kyrill Alekseevich Razumovskii (1780-1829), in blue coat with green lapels and collar, pale grey waistcoat, white shirt, holding a book; landscape background

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GBP 8,750

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GBP 800 - GBP 1,200

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PIETRO DE ROSSI (RUSSIAN, 1761-1831)
Count Kyrill Alekseevich Razumovskii (1780-1829), in blue coat with green lapels and collar, pale grey waistcoat, white shirt, holding a book; landscape background
rectangular, 3 5/8 x 3 7/16 in. (93 x 87 mm.), gilt-metal mount
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Lot Essay

Other miniatures by Rossi from this particularly inspired period are illustrated in T. A. Selinova, Petr Rossi. Russkii miniatiurist, Moscow, 2005, pl. VI-X.

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Lot 178

PIETRO DE ROSSI (RUSSIAN, 1761-1831)

Count Kyrill Alekseevich Razumovskii (1780-1829), in blue coat with green lapels and collar, pale grey waistcoat, white shirt, holding a book; landscape background

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