Tsarina Catherine II. on horseback,
she is seated on a white horse, in her right hand she holds a sword, in her left hand the reins, she wears a black tricorn, her long hair hanging down beneath it, tied with a black ribbon, white coat with gilt border and buttons, white ruff shirt, a light purple sash runs from her right shoulder down to her left hip, which bears the Russian Order, green trousers and black boots, on the horse’s back a purple shabraque and a revolver case with gilt patterning on it, gold braid and gilt tassels, oval earthy base with palm branches and gilt-accented white rocailles, height: 26 cm, length: 25 cm, left front leg of the horse with bonded area
Meissen, underglaze blue crossed swords, mid-19th cent., model no. C 92, former no. 70, 46, red painter no. 5, model by Johann Joachim Kändler 1770 (Ru)
Tsarina Catherine II., the Great, Russ. Jekaterina II Alexejewna, (b. Sophie Friederike Auguste Princess Anhalt-Zerbst, Stettin 1729-1796 Zarskoje Selo), Empress 1762-1796;
Lit.:
Meissen für die Zaren, Munich 2004, p. 102, ill. 165, today St Petersburg, State Hermitage; after the painting, ‘Equestrian portrait of Catherine II in uniform’, by Virgilius Eriksen, 1762, oil on canvas, today Staatliches Museum and Garten Oranienbaum;
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
25.10.2018 - 15:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 5,500.- to EUR 9,000.-
Tsarina Catherine II. on horseback,
she is seated on a white horse, in her right hand she holds a sword, in her left hand the reins, she wears a black tricorn, her long hair hanging down beneath it, tied with a black ribbon, white coat with gilt border and buttons, white ruff shirt, a light purple sash runs from her right shoulder down to her left hip, which bears the Russian Order, green trousers and black boots, on the horse’s back a purple shabraque and a revolver case with gilt patterning on it, gold braid and gilt tassels, oval earthy base with palm branches and gilt-accented white rocailles, height: 26 cm, length: 25 cm, left front leg of the horse with bonded area
Meissen, underglaze blue crossed swords, mid-19th cent., model no. C 92, former no. 70, 46, red painter no. 5, model by Johann Joachim Kändler 1770 (Ru)
Tsarina Catherine II., the Great, Russ. Jekaterina II Alexejewna, (b. Sophie Friederike Auguste Princess Anhalt-Zerbst, Stettin 1729-1796 Zarskoje Selo), Empress 1762-1796;
Lit.:
Meissen für die Zaren, Munich 2004, p. 102, ill. 165, today St Petersburg, State Hermitage; after the painting, ‘Equestrian portrait of Catherine II in uniform’, by Virgilius Eriksen, 1762, oil on canvas, today Staatliches Museum and Garten Oranienbaum;
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Works of Art - Furniture, Sculptures, Glass and Porcelain |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 25.10.2018 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 13.10. - 25.10.2018 |