Lot 249: Prince Vasilii Sergeevich Golitsyn (1792-1856), in blue coat, white shirt and cravat, wearing the ribbon of of the Royal Swedish Order of the Sword (Knight class), fair curly hair

Name: Prince Vasilii Sergeevich Golitsyn (1792-1856), in blue coat, white shirt and cravat, wearing the ribbon of of the Royal Swedish Order of the Sword (Knight class), fair curly hair
Brand: Christie's
SKU: rrgt5ur2ep

Est: £2,000 GBP - £3,000 GBPSold:

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 27, 2007

Item Overview

Description

RUSSIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1820
Prince Vasilii Sergeevich Golitsyn (1792-1856), in blue coat, white shirt and cravat, wearing the ribbon of of the Royal Swedish Order of the Sword (Knight class), fair curly hair
oval, 2½ in. (63 mm.) high, ormolu frame

Artist or Maker

? (1790) Knight

Provenance

Agathon Fabergé Collection, St. Petersburg, in 1908.

Notes

Commander of a Cossack regiment in 1813, later a state councillor and chamberlain (1821). He married Elena Aleksandrovna Naryshkina, daughter of Aleksandr Lvovich Naryshkin, Grand Master of the Imperial Hunt, widow of Serene Prince Arkadii Aleksandrovich Suvorov, Count Rymnikskii.

Auction Details

Important Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes

Christie's

November 27, 2007, 12:00 AM EST

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

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