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Nikolai Egorovich Sverchkov (1817-1898) Oil/Board

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Nikolai Egorovich Sverchkov  (1817-1898) Oil/Board
Russian figures in a winter scene with waning light, transporting ice block via horse and sled. Oil on panel, framed under glass. Signed and dated lower left,1871.

Sverchkov is a Russian painter known for animal scene and folk genre painting. Born in St. Petersburg, Nikolai Egorovich Sverchkov exhibited his works for the first time in 1839. In 1841, he left the government service to devote himself entirely to painting. Through frequent stays on a horse breeding station, he specialized in the depiction of horses, especially parades or tsar portraits on horseback. In 1852, Sverchkov became a member of the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg and, in 1855, professor of the Academy. From 1862 to 1864, he lived in Paris, where Napoleon III was one of his collectors.

Overall size: 13 x 15 1/2 in.
Sight size: 8 x 10 in.

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