PIMEN ORLOV B1812 Antique Russian Oil Painting

PIMEN NIKITICH ORLOV (RUSSIAN 1812-1863), "Portrait of a Evdokia Petrovna Sokolova," 1839, oil on canvas, 36 x 28 in. (91.4 x 71.1 cm), signed and dated on verso. Pimen Nikitich Orlov was a very well known portrait painter in his day. His works rarely come to auction. Soloviev notes that in 1838 Orlov won a Silver Medal for his paintings, and many of his paintings went into the Czar's collection. Orlov's paintings are in the permanent collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery. ---------- Please note: 1) Ebay allows you to bid live in real time on this item or leave an absentee bid. If you are placing an absentee bid via ebay, you should make sure to check the bidding history of the lot on which you are bidding up until several hours to the sale. If your bidder id is not at the top of the list, your absentee bid has been outbid by another bidder. Ebay will disable the absentee bidding for this item approximately one or two hours before the start of the Auction. After that you can still watch and bid during the live auction. 2) Ebay starting and ending times for this auction DO NOT represent the actual time this lot will appear live and be available for bidding. This auction starts at Lot 1 at 12:00 PM EST (Eastern Standard Time) on Saturday, October 21, 2006, and we usually go about 50-60 lots an hour, so please plan accordingly. 3) Please also make sure to read the shipment and payment information below. Thank you.

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