Johann (1808) Grund

Lot 280: Johann Grund (1808-1887)

Name: Johann Grund (1808-1887)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 8815a384b2

Est: £8,000 GBP - £12,000 GBP

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomOctober 12, 2009

Item Overview

Description

Johann Grund (1808-1887)
Portrait of Maria Ivanova Alekseev (1817-1890)
signed and dated 'J. Grund 1840' (lower right)
watercolour, heightened with gold and with gum arabic in places, on paper
9 x 7½ in. (22.5 x 18.9 cm.)
Executed in 1840

Artist or Maker

Johann (1808) Grund

Exhibited

Moscow, Museum of Private Collections, Pushkin's Contemporaries: 100 Portraits in Watercolour from a Parisian Collection, May - July 1999, illustrated p. 43.

Literature

M. Baruch & I. Sakharova, Russian Portraits in Watercolour, 1825-1855, Paris, 1994, pp. 42 and 43, illustrated.

Provenance

Prince Georgi Maximilianovich Romanovsky, Duke of Leuchtenberg (inventory no. 874, on a label attached to the reverse). Prince Alexander Georgievich Romanovsky, Duke of Leuchtenberg (inventory no. 653, on a label attached to the reverse).

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.

Auction Details

Galerie Popoff: An Enduring Passion for Russian Art

Christie's

October 12, 2009, 12:00 AM GMT

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

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