Help, please identify the author
 

Question to the distinguished art experts.:) Is it possible to establish authorship and other signs? There watercolor (grisaille) sepia? 19h11, 8cm. I suppose, France (in my view a figure reminiscent of Renoir). Judging by the inscription on the left below the title area and year 98 (1898?). The right appears signature. Thank you in advance for participating !!!:)

vit, clearly readable A. Bogolyubov.
Congratulations!

vit, clearly read by A. Bogolyubov. Congratulations!
 

OK! A sign on the right??

Maybe so - on the left of the signature and the year (.. 18), the right name of the area - shown Zheneva.A Lake Geneva.

To the left of the signature - this is not a year, of course - this double ff at the end of the name. Bogolyubov died in 1896.

Option number 1. In Geneva, he lived in 1854. Figure, it is obvious from nature - thus, your job becomes 40 years older:)
Lake Geneva, he wrote, at least until 1858, because in this year for a number of works, including a picture of the "Type of Chillon Castle on Lake Geneva, was awarded the title of academician.

Option number 2 (and I to him intuitively more inclined). This is not Geneva, a Genoa (Italian - Genova). During pensionerstva (1854-1860) Bogoliubov been in Italy, wrote it. At the thought of Genoa, I have put in a triangular sail. In full sail, I know nothing, so aware of the audience ask giggle a little quieter, but I remember that the triangular sails were in Turkey, it seems - in short, in the East. And the mountains too, there are quite appropriate. In short, the general feeling of the sea port, but not the lake.
vit, read a detailed biography of hierarchy, look, I've been whether it in Genoa. If yes, then it will be easier to dig.

Good luck in your search and examination!

Thank you great! How fast:)

vit, you should not obsess over! So far we have only outlined the path that you yourself have a long and arduous move to our assumptions have found documentary evidence or dropped out for lack of evidence. But in any case, you already know what the first steps you will take, but that was not enough. Once again I wish you good luck!

vit, so that part of Lake Geneva, which is shown in the figure.
Check the final version with Genoa. But I can assure you that the "mountains" there is not up to the Portofino. Yes, and the inscription clearly in Figure Genev

Yes! It seems he wrote on the embankment on the left:)

Here are a few pictures with Genoa. I do not insist on this version, but it is a lot of ships: shy: ...
You, vit, will see Bogoliubov and albums (and suddenly find any variations of your image), and a biography of study, and, incidentally, sails, too. Could such a sail appear on Lake Geneva?

Last picture - from the text of Tiutchev, ie 1-st half of the 19. And Bogolyubov there was a little later.

In Europe, Bogolyubov been many.
In 1854-1860 gg. during the pensioner's trip;
In 1872-1874 he had already observed in Europe for retirees Arts.
Repeatedly accompanied by members of the royal family to travel and to Russia, and Europe as an artist.
Yes, and died in Paris.

vit,
Right in the figure a clear sign Génes, ie Genoa.
Part of the city is located on the mountains. With them, in particular, the picture created in the message 10.

Watercolor unusually smooth boundary between the letter and a white field. At the border is viewed (see 3rd photo), a depression of paper - as if there are facets of the printing matrix in-depth type of engraving or etching aquatint. Corners of the image slightly rounded. Granularity of structures filled regions is also present. Not engraving it in the technique of aquatint? Or in the technique lavisa when proofs are very similar to watercolor?

Amateur This clearly is not print. If you look at an angle, can be seen even a preliminary figure that on the print excluded.
And then, sorry: D all the TMG. until my education allows you to define the technique. Here exactly watercolor or sepia. I have a single etching. Harassment. bar apparently lavis (aquatint so physically impossible to fall asleep). Long a few meters and a height of 11 centimeters. It also matters. But as it later.

The picture you have, you know better. But once on the image does not print facets, then what?

It is believed that two of the largest etching in the world created in 1913 by Mikhail Kurilko: "The winner and the life" and "Before the deed. Size 53h117 see your etching length of a few ... meters? Then it must be known - no questions asked. I wonder how, when and by whom it was printed?

A aquatint can fall asleep so that the grains under a microscope and is not visible (see ill. There color aquatint with etching along a prime): to monitor the scale of about 5:1.