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Lot 321: Friedrich Randel (1818-1886)

Est: £40,000 GBP - £50,000 GBP
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomOctober 12, 2009

Item Overview

Description

Friedrich Randel (1818-1886)
Portrait of Prince Alexei Fedorovich Orlov (1786-1861); and Portrait of Princess Olga Alexandrovna Orlov (1807-1880)
the first signed and dated 'Randel 1851' (lower left), the second signed and date 'Randel 1849' (lower left)
pastel and coloured pencil, heightened with white, on coloured paper, feigned oval
18 7/8 x 15 3/8 in. (48 x 39 cm.)
Executed in 1851 and 1849 (2)

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

Moscow, Museum of Private Collections, Pushkin's Contemporaries: 100 Portraits in Watercolour from a Parisian Collection, May - July 1999. Moscow, State Historical Museum, War and Peace 1812, an Exhibition from private domestic and foreign Collections, December 2008 - March 2009, no. 10 and 11.

Literature

M. Baruch & I. Sakharova, Russian Portraits in Watercolour, 1825-1855, Paris, 1994, pp. 121-124, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, War and Peace 1812, an Exhibition from private domestic and foreign Collections, Moscow, State Historical Museum, 2008, p. 206, no. 10 and 11, illustrated.

Provenance

Prince Vladimir Nikolaevich Orlov.

Notes

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
For further information concerning Prince Alexei Feodorovich Orlov see lot 272; for a portrait of his wife by Piotr Sokolov see lot 540.

Auction Details

Galerie Popoff: An Enduring Passion for Russian Art

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Christie's
October 12, 2009, 12:00 AM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK