AMER WINTER 2016
The live portion of this session begins on Wednesday, February 3, 2016.
VASILY VASILEVICH VERESHCHAGIN (Russian, 1842-1904) TOMB ENTRANCEOil on canvas
Unframed
Unsigned, stamped on the reverse "VERESTCHAGIN COLLECTION/ASA/November 17th 1891"
Note: Vereshchagin, son of a landowner father of noble birth, was a Russian artist best known for battle scenes. He began his art studies at the St. Petersburg Academy and later studied in Paris under Jean-Léon Gérôme. A journey in Syria and Palestine in 1884 inspired a series of Bible Land paintings that were subsequently sold by the American Art Galleries in New York in 1891. A painting listed as No. 32 "One of the Old Jewish Tombs near Jerusalem" is not illustrated, however, the description corresponds with this painting. (American Art Galleries, Vassili Verestchagin Collection Auction Catalogue, pg. 31). SIZE: 10-1/2" x 13-1/2" PROVENANCE: American Art Galleries, New York, Vassili Verestchagin Collection sale, November 17-18, 1891 CONDITION: Very good with discolored varnish 49868-1 AL (8,000-12,000)