Live Auction 17187Russian Art
A GROUP OF FOUR PORTRAIT MINIATURES
Lot 312

A GROUP OF FOUR PORTRAIT MINIATURES

RUSSIA, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

Closed3 June 2019

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GBP 3,750

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A GROUP OF FOUR PORTRAIT MINIATURES
RUSSIA, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
Comprising an oval portrait of Sergei Savvich Iakovlev by Mikhail Zatsepin after Borovikovski in a gold frame, an oval portrait of Empress Maria Feodorovna after Kügelgen, and two portraits of gentlemen
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high and smaller

Collection Alexandre Djanchieff.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

Sergei Savvich Iakovlev (1763-1818) was a son of a well known businessman. Borovikovski painted the three Iakovlev brothers Ivan, Sergei and Nicholas.