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Follower of Giovanni Battista Lampi (Austro-Italian, 1751-1830)
Lot 262

Follower of Giovanni Battista Lampi (Austro-Italian, 1751-1830)

Closed13 September 2018

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GBP 10,625

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Follower of Giovanni Battista Lampi (Austro-Italian, 1751-1830)
Count Peter Zavadovsky (1739-1812), a favourite of Empress Catherine the Great
On ivory; oval, 89 mm. high, gilt-metal frame

The Collection of Grand-Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich Romanov (1859-1919).

Specialist note

The sitter was official secretary to Catherine the Great and her lover from 1776 to 1777. This miniature is after a large oil painting by Giovanni Battista Lampi of 1795, in the Regional Art Museum, Simferopol.