LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

71.26 in. (181.00 cm.) (height) by 98.82 in. (251.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed in Cyrillic and dated 'R. Sudkovskii 1881' (lower right)

Exhibited:

St Petersburg, Exhibition of the works of Rufim Sudkovsky and Yuli Klever, 1882.

Literature:

'Nashi khudozhestevennie dela' ['Our artistic matters'], Novoe. vremia, [A New Time], 22 February 1882. F. I. Bulgakov, Al'bom zhivopisi. Kartini i etyudi akademika R.D. Sudkovskogo [Album of paintings. Paintings and studies by the Academician R. D. Sudkovsky], St Petersburg, 1897, illustrated, listed no. 19.

Provenance:

Paul Pavlovich Demidoff, 2nd Prince of San Donato (1839-1885).