Auction items Napoleonic

[Santa]

How to buy things era Napoleonic Wars

Portrait of Emperor Alexander I, the pattern of military battles, lithographs, commemorative medals, snuff boxes, figurines era Napoleonic Wars - all Muscovites will be able to get after this will be pre-auction exhibition dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Russia's victory in the War of 1812.

In total there are over 100 exhibits from at least ten private collections. Prices for these will vary from a few thousand rubles to tens of thousands of dollars.

[Vladimir Labazov, CEO of the auction house "Russian enamel"]:
"This auction is, in principle, is unique in the world, because this is the first auction dedicated to the anniversary of the historic event."

In France itself, auctions, on the life of Napoleon, - are not uncommon. However, at these auctions all the lots combined for the first time the entire theme of war in 1812.

[Sergei Podstanitsky, curator of pre-auction exhibition]
"After all they have is the slope of interest to the person of Napoleon. If there are things out there related to the war in 1812, then only to the extent that they relate to the Emperor of the French. "

Among the most important exhibits - a portrait of Alexander I, the painter George Dawe. For a long time the work was kept from relatives of the emperor's wife. Recently bought the canvas for one of Moscow's foreign collectors.

[Sergei Podstanitsky, curator of pre-auction exhibition]
"George Dawe was invited as one of the largest English portrait painters of his time, he was invited by the Russian Emperor to St. Petersburg specifically for the actors and characters portraying the war in 1812 and created the famous military gallery of the Winter Palace."

The auction opens the series of events dedicated to the victory over France in 1812. At the end of February in Moscow will have a thematic exhibition.

Video http://www.newsland.ru/news/detail/id/885897/