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There are two pictures and a question whose answer would be welcome from experienced participants.
A simple question: are these paintings worth him or let him continue to gather dust in the attic?

'll Sell, let me know.

Of value if , for example, the initials (I.L.) Refer to this as a rare artist Ilya Ivanovich Liping. Artist Ser. The 19th century. Pupil of the Moscow Art class. Outsider Art Academy student with the 1837 student Karl Bryullov. Bought out of serfdom. He received medals in 1837 - two silver medal for the " Study for St. Sebastian ", in 1841 - 2 silver . In 1839 - the title of a free artist painting a historical picture of " the old man praying ."

peals, Thanks for the reply, but like the first letter as N, and not I. And on the second generally no initials.

Lomtev Nikolai Petrovich (1816-1859) was born in a merchant family, spent his childhood in Chicago Velikom.V 1830 he studied at AH.Sovershenstvovalsya in Italy (1839). In 1845, awarded neklassnogo artist.

From the 38th to be exact .

Yes , he sent a picture of the IAH , " Angels announce punishment from heaven Sodom and Gomorrah " (x /m, 61h75 , 2, now in the Tretyakov Gallery ), for her, and received the title.
Here is the picture , he signed on the bottom right N. Roma L. 1845 .

Maria , apparently you have a good , heated attic. You can even live there.
This is evidenced by the lack of rust on the nails .

tivat, Duc, my whole family sit in the evenings ....
polish :D>

 
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Try with pasta GOI, light enough.
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Italian in the window (obviously, in the territory of Austria-Hungary was the case) - preprelestneyshaya thing, can be dated to the beginning of the second half of the 19th century, if not the very middle.