Russian painter, mid-19th century
Interior from the drawing room in the Saltykov Palace in St. Petersburg. Sitting on each side of the fireplace sitting Prince Ivan Dmitrievich Saltykov (1796–1831) and his wife, Princess Elisaveta Pavlovna, née Countess Stroganova (1802–1868). Unsigned. Inscribed (in Cyrillic) “Prince Ivan Dmitrievich Saltykov and his wife”. Pencil and watercolour on paper. Sheet size 30×42 cm. Unframed.
Erica Zeiner-Henriksen has written on the reverse (in Norwegian): “Petrograd c. 1840–1850. We got this picture from a Russian friend c. 1924. We lived in the same house: Millionaja 3 and in the same drawing room. The persons are Prince Saltikoff with his wife, née Countess Stroganoff”. Richard and Erica Zeiner-Henriksen's son, Richard (“Dick”) Zeiner-Henriksen, later added that “the friend was Duchess Saltikoff, according to mother in 1990”.
Provenance: Acquired by Erica Zeiner-Henriksen 1922–1927 in St. Petersburg.
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Russian art & icons, 9 June 2017