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Lot 301
A GROUP OF FIVE PORTRAIT MINIATURES
RUSSIA, 18TH/ 19TH CENTURY
Closed4 June 2018
Estimate
GBP 4,000–6,000
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A GROUP OF FIVE PORTRAIT MINIATURES
RUSSIA, 18TH/ 19TH CENTURY
Comprising an oval portrait of Elizaveta Temkina, alleged daughter of the Empress Catherine II and Gregory Potemkin, bearing a later signature of V. Borovikovskiy, late 18th century; an oval portrait of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, probably by Ivan Winberg, circa 1858; an oval portrait of an officer by Zehngraf, signed on the left, circa 1900; an oval portrait of Emperor Alexander I, circa 1820; an oval portrait of Kaiser William I of Germany as a young man, 19th century
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high and smaller
RUSSIA, 18TH/ 19TH CENTURY
Comprising an oval portrait of Elizaveta Temkina, alleged daughter of the Empress Catherine II and Gregory Potemkin, bearing a later signature of V. Borovikovskiy, late 18th century; an oval portrait of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, probably by Ivan Winberg, circa 1858; an oval portrait of an officer by Zehngraf, signed on the left, circa 1900; an oval portrait of Emperor Alexander I, circa 1820; an oval portrait of Kaiser William I of Germany as a young man, 19th century
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high and smaller
A GROUP OF FIVE PORTRAIT MINIATURES
RUSSIA, 18TH/ 19TH CENTURY
Comprising an oval portrait of Elizaveta Temkina, alleged daughter of the Empress Catherine II and Gregory Potemkin, bearing a later signature of V. Borovikovskiy, late 18th century; an oval portrait of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, probably by Ivan Winberg, circa 1858; an oval portrait of an officer by Zehngraf, signed on the left, circa 1900; an oval portrait of Emperor Alexander I, circa 1820; an oval portrait of Kaiser William I of Germany as a young man, 19th century
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high and smaller
RUSSIA, 18TH/ 19TH CENTURY
Comprising an oval portrait of Elizaveta Temkina, alleged daughter of the Empress Catherine II and Gregory Potemkin, bearing a later signature of V. Borovikovskiy, late 18th century; an oval portrait of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, probably by Ivan Winberg, circa 1858; an oval portrait of an officer by Zehngraf, signed on the left, circa 1900; an oval portrait of Emperor Alexander I, circa 1820; an oval portrait of Kaiser William I of Germany as a young man, 19th century
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high and smaller
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Please note that this lot has been withdrawn from sale.
Please note that the portrait of Elizaveta Temkina is bearing a later signature of V. Borovikovskiy.
Please note that the portrait of Elizaveta Temkina is bearing a later signature of V. Borovikovskiy.