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XVI - Drawings and Paintings - Marty de Cambiaire

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ÉcoLe française ou russe<br />

1816<br />

Vue <strong>de</strong>s toits <strong>de</strong>puis la maison du Prince Chtcherbatov à Saint-Pétersbourg<br />

View over the Roofs from the House of Prince Shcherbatov in St.Peterburg<br />

Plume et encre grise, aquarelle, rehauts <strong>de</strong> blanc. Inscrit vue <strong>de</strong> tous les toits, qu’assise<br />

à la fenêtre d’une chambre <strong>de</strong> la maison du prince Tcherbatoff j’aperçois (signature<br />

illisible) 1816.<br />

Pen <strong>and</strong> grey ink <strong>and</strong> watercolour, heightened in white. Inscribed vue <strong>de</strong> tous les toits,<br />

qu’assise à la fenêtre d’une chambre <strong>de</strong> la maison du prince Tcherbatoff j’aperçois<br />

(illegible signature) 1816.<br />

192 x 242 mm. Non encadré. 7 1 /2 x 9 1 /2 in. Not framed.<br />

Joli <strong>de</strong>ssin d’une amatrice dont on ne peut savoir si elle était russe ou d’origine française<br />

puisque le français était parlé couramment à Saint Pétersbourg au <strong>XVI</strong>II e et XIX e siècles.<br />

This lovely drawing was ma<strong>de</strong> by an amateur female artist. It is unknown whether her<br />

origins were Russian or French as French was fluently spoken in St. Petersburg in the<br />

18 th <strong>and</strong> 19 th century.<br />

€ 1.200

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