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A. Pakrovskii (Russian, 19th Century)
Lot 503

A. Pakrovskii (Russian, 19th Century)

Portrait of a lady, head and shoulders; and Portrait of an officer, three-quarter-length

Closed22 November 2007

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GBP 6,875

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A. Pakrovskii (Russian, 19th Century)
Portrait of a lady, head and shoulders; and Portrait of an officer, three-quarter-length
The first signed in Cyrillic and dated 'A. Pakrovskii/1841' (centre right); and the second signed in Cyrillic and dated 'A. Pakrovskii/1843' (centre left)
watercolour
10 x 8¼ in. (25.4 x 21 cm.)
A pair (2)

Specialist note

The officer is a knight of the orders of St Stanislaus and St George. The mountains in the background and the officer's warm cloak with a fur collar suggests he may be on the front in the Caucasus, where the Russians were engaged in war in the 1840s.