Tsar Alexander I
George Dawe (London 1781 - Kentish Town 1829), circle of
Lot-No. 131
Oil/canvas, 90 x 72,5 cm, some rest. - English portrait painter. D. studied 1794-96 at the Royal Academy in London. In 1818 he travelled Europe and among others painted a portrait of Goethe. On invitation of tsar Alexander I. he worked in St. Petersburg 1819-28. Mus.: St. Petersburg (Hermitage), Moscow (Tretjakow-Gal., Puschkin-Mus), London (Tate, Nat. Portrait Gall.), Edinburgh Lit.: AKL, Bénézit a. others.
George Dawe: Tsar Alexander I
George Dawe (London 1781 - Kentish Town 1829), circle of
Tsar Alexander I
Lot-No. 131
Oil/canvas, 90 x 72,5 cm, some rest. - English portrait painter. D. studied 1794-96 at the Royal Academy in London. In 1818 he travelled Europe and among others painted a portrait of Goethe. On invitation of tsar Alexander I. he worked in St. Petersburg 1819-28. Mus.: St. Petersburg (Hermitage), Moscow (Tretjakow-Gal., Puschkin-Mus), London (Tate, Nat. Portrait Gall.), Edinburgh Lit.: AKL, Bénézit a. others.