Lot 0297
After Rembrandt – Copy of “Portrait of a Polish Nobleman”, signed in Cyrillic and dated 1849
Estimate: 2500-3000€
Ekaterina Ridievskaya, after Rembrandt van Rijn – Copy of “Portrait of a Polish Nobleman”
Signed in Cyrillic and dated 1849.
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions without frame: 46 × 38 cm.
A 19th-century copy after Rembrandt’s “Portrait of a Polish Nobleman,” depicting a richly dressed figure in a fur hat, holding a scroll. Signed in Cyrillic Ekaterina Ridievskaya and dated 1849.
Presented in a gilt ornamental frame.
Condition: craquelure, surface wear, and age-related frame wear.
Starting price: 2000€
Estimate: 2500-3000€
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