Lot n° 612

SHAPIRO, Konstantin [Portrait of Tchaikovsky], s.d., ca. 18 x 11 cm, mounted on a card, ca. 24 x 15 cm.

Estimation : 100 / 200
Adjudication : 480 €
Description
Nice sepia toned head-and-shoulder portrait of the Russian composer P.I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) facing right. Photographers gilt stamp on verso. K. Shapiro (1840-1900) was a Russian court photographer and Hebrew poet who grew up in a strict Jewish Orthodox family. After he went to St.-Peterburg and converted to Russian orthodoxy he became more popular. Besides publishing a lot of Hebrew poetry he made portraits of great names in Russian history.
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