Michail Vasilievich Boskin, attributed to (b. Korelovschina, St. Petersburg region 1875, d. Zagorsk, Moscow region 1930)
Street life at the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra at Sergiyev Posad outside Moscow. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 52×93 cm.
Provenance: Johan Oluf (1888–1954), Danish diplomate, chargé d'affaires and envoy in several countries, among others Estonia, Poland, Spain, Ecuador and Peru. In the 1930s, his duty was in Estonia with e.g. diplomatic trips to Moscow. It was exactly in this period that the art-interested Johan Oluf acquired the present painting. Thence by Johan Oluf's newphew's son, until today, with residence in Denmark.
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Fine art, 16 September 2024