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Lot 418: FRIEDRICH AUGUST THEODOR DIETRICH

Est: £30,000 GBP - £40,000 GBP
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 01, 2005

Item Overview

Description

NICHOLAS I

height: 127cm., 50in

shown full length on a tall stepped plinth inscribed Nikolaus above a repoussé laurel sprig, signed F.Dietrich.Fec.Berlin.1855 and Cist:v.H.Wike

NOTE

This commemorative bust shows Tsar Nicholas I in the uniform of the Regiment of the Imperial Guard, founded by Peter the Great.

Friedrich Dietrich was born in Bulgaria in 1817, studied in Berlin and specialised in portrait busts of the Prussian and Russian Imperial Families.

Auction Details

The Russian Sale

by
Sotheby's
December 01, 2005, 12:00 AM EST

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK