Vasilii Dmitrievich Polenov
'And she went and told them that she had been with Him as they mourned and wept' 106.7 x 177.2 (42 x 69 3/4in).
Estimate: 400.000 - 600.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.379.400 GBP
Price realised: 1.379.400 GBP
Description
Vasilii Dmitrievich Polenov (Russian, 1844-1927)
'And she went and told them that she had been with Him as they mourned and wept'
signed in cyrillic (lower right)
oil on canvas
106.7 x 177.2 (42 x 69 3/4in).
Part of the series of paintings The Life of Christ completed by the artist in late 1890-1900s | Acquired by the American industrialist and diplomat Charles R. Crane from the exhibition of nine paintings from the 'Life of Christ' series at the Russian Art Exhibition, Grand Central Palace, New York, 1924. | Thence by descent to the daughter of Charles R. Crane, Ellen Douglas Bruce Crane Fisher (1913-2000). | Presented by the above to a North American institution, early 1950s.
'And she went and told them that she had been with Him as they mourned and wept'
signed in cyrillic (lower right)
oil on canvas
106.7 x 177.2 (42 x 69 3/4in).
Part of the series of paintings The Life of Christ completed by the artist in late 1890-1900s | Acquired by the American industrialist and diplomat Charles R. Crane from the exhibition of nine paintings from the 'Life of Christ' series at the Russian Art Exhibition, Grand Central Palace, New York, 1924. | Thence by descent to the daughter of Charles R. Crane, Ellen Douglas Bruce Crane Fisher (1913-2000). | Presented by the above to a North American institution, early 1950s.
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