AUCTION # 30: RUSSIAN APPLIED AND DECORATIVE ART

A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF ALEXANDER I, 19TH C.

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Start price: $4,000

Estimated price: $7,000 - $9,000

Buyer's premium:

19th-century miniature portrait of Alexander I, Tsar of Russia (1777-1825). Half-length, head slightly turned to the left, wearing a uniform. Signed at the center-right: "H. Benner pinx.". Set in a gilt bronze frame with a silk lining. The painting is surmounted by an Imperial crown. Provenance: Sotheby’s New York, 10/29/2013, Important English and Continental Silver, Vertu, and Russian Works of Art, Lot 79.

Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 3 3/4 in., (11.5 x 9.5 cm.)

Condition: Very good