Aivazovsky painting found put up for auction

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The obtained sheet Aivazovsky put up for auction


Painting " Sunset over the Great Lava , Athos ," by Ivan Aivazovsky from the private collection of Norwegian , previously appearing on the world art market, put up for auction the oldest auction house in Sweden.

"This is one of the best Aivazovsky, who recently appeared on the market " - said the expert auction house Stockholms Auktionsverk Ivan Samarin , adding that the painting was over half a century in private hands in the Norwegian countryside. According to Samarin , the picture is dated 1846 , the most important to Aivazovsky. " He has just returned from Italy and made ​​a show of Theodosius, he worked hard and was at the peak of creative form," - he explained.

Estimate products of 440 000 euros - 660 000 euros, which is not a lot of paintings by Aivazovsky, collecting millions, even in times of crisis.

http://news.argumenti.ru/culture/2011/11/138200