Lot n° 44
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120 - 180
EUR
Factory of Petr Vasilyevich and his son Alexander LOUKUTIN. - Lot 44
Factory of Petr Vasilyevich and his son Alexander LOUKUTIN. 1855 - 1863.
Papier-mâché snuffbox, with a painted portrait of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, after Jean Henri BENNER's engraving of 1817. Interior in imitation tortoiseshell.
Marked: " " (Lukutin Factory) in a semicircle under the eagle with the monogram of Alexander II (?).
10 x 4.5 x 3 cm
Jean Henri BENNER (1776-1836)
Collection of twenty-four portraits of the Imperial Family, painted by H. Benner, who obtained permission from his MAJESTY THE EMPEROR to have these portraits engraved.
In St. Petersburg, by M. Saint-Florent, Bookseller. In Moscow, at M. Rosenstrauch, Magasin Cosmétique. [1817].
The engravings were printed in Paris by Chardon.
Many of the portraits were engraved by André-Joseph MÉCOU (1770-1837), including that of Tsar Alexis Mikhaïlovitch, father of Peter the Great.
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