AUCTION 26: RUSSIAN AND EUROPEAN DECORATIVE ART

A RUSSIAN HNAD-PAINTED MINIATURE DENIS DAVYDOV

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Start price: $2,000

Estimated price: $3,000 - $5,000

Buyer's premium: 25%

Sales Tax: On buyer's premium only

A fine 19th-century hand-painted miniature portrait depicting Denis Davydov, a Russian hussar hero of the Napoleonic Wars who invented the genre of hussar poetry. The miniature is framed in a tortoiseshell frame. Early 19th cen.

Dimensions: Frame Size: 3 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. (9.8 x 8.9 cm.) Image Size: 2 x 1 7/8 in. (5 x 4.7 cm.)

Condition: Very good