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Lot 163
Pietro Rotari (Verona 1707-1762 Saint Petersburg)
A young woman, half-length, in rural dress, playing a lute
Closed7 December 2011
Price Realised
GBP 20,000
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Specialist note
This coquettish figure is typical of the paintings of villiagers and peasants that Rotari executed while working as court painter for Elizabeth, Empress of Russia. Catherine the Great's cabinet of 'Muses and Graces' at the Peterhof Palace is virtually upholstered with over three hundred of these works.