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| Keywords: BorovikovskiyV PtGKushelNOV.jpg Artwork Creator Vladimir Borovikovsky Portrait of count G G Kushelev with children Portrait of Admiral Count Grigorii Grigorievich Kushelev 1754-1833 wearing the ceremonial costume of the Order of St Andrew the diamond order of St Andrew with necklace the Order of Malta with diamonds and the Order of St Anne and Alexander Nevskii with children Aleksandr 1800-1855 and Grigorii 1801-1855 Vladimir Borovikovsky 1757-1825 Portrait of Admiral Count Grigorii Grigorievich Kushelev 1754-1833 wearing the ceremonial costume of the Order of St Andrew the diamond order of St Andrew with necklace the Order of Malta with diamonds and the Order of St Anne and Alexander Nevskii with children Aleksandr 1800-1855 and Grigorii 1801-1855 indistinctly signed lower left oil on canvas 48¼ x 37¾ in 122 5 x 95 7 cm Painted after 1809 Special Notice These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime Import VAT is payable at 5 on the Hammer price VAT is also payable at 20 on the buyer �s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis This VAT is not shown separately on the invoice When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction Provenance Vasilii Petrovich Kochubei 1868-1940 Kiev Prince Serge Obolensky 1890-1978 and Ava Alice Muriel Astor 1902-1956 London circa 1925 By descent to the present owner Pre-Lot Text Tracing its origins to Rurik the ninth century founder of the first ruling dynasty of Russia the Obolensky family has been very influential throughout Russian history producing generations of soldiers and statesmen a hallowed tradition steadfastly upheld by the family This important selection of works from the collection of Prince Ivan Obolensky is inseparable from the history of this extraordinary family This kind of historical intimacy is an increasingly rare trait of works of art offered at auction Only few of the Russians forced into exile in the aftermath of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution were lucky enough to escape with any of their possessions and extremely lucky if those possessions were of significant value Some of the exiled Russian aristocrats found themselves in a position to begin acquiring works of art at times attempting to recover their own property when it turned up on the international market It is in this way that Prince Serge Obolensky father of Ivan acquired a large part of his collection of Russian works of art Ivan Obolensky was born in 1925 in London to Prince Serge Obolensky 1809-1978 and Ava Alice Muriel Astor 1902-1956 daughter of John Jacob Astor IV 1864-1912 and Ava Lowle Willing 1868-1958 Ivan �s father Serge was born in the autumn of 1890 on his family estate at Tsarskoe Selo He was the eldest son of Prince Platon Obolensky 1850-1913 a man with a distinguished military record who at one time served as aide-de-camp to Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich 1847-1909 and Marie Naryshkin 1861-1929 who descended from the influential boyar family that became allied with the ruling House of Romanov in the 17th century One of Platon Obolensky �s ancestors was a leading general under Ivan the Terrible Known as the 'Silver Prince' according to legend he became the sole protector of the Obolensky line having miraculously evaded Ivan's brutal suppressions of independent princes The exploits of the 'Silver Prince' inspired numerous poems and stories most famously A K Tolstoy's eponymous story If military training and service were de rigueur for young men of aristocratic birth they were particularly emphasised in the Obolensky family because of the presence of military heroes in the family such as Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov 1729-1800 great-great-great grandfather of Ivan Obolensky Ivan Obolensky continued this family tradition when he served in World War II in the United States Navy as a pilot serving alongside his father Serge who at the time was Lieutenant-Colonel with the U S paratroopers as well as a member of the Office of Strategic Services Serge Obolensky arrived first arrived in England in 1912 in order to complete his education at Oxford Subsequently he volunteered to serve in the Chevalier Guards enrolling in 1914 as a private He fought on the eastern front with bravery and after the revolution escaped from Russia together with his first wife Princess Catherine Yourievsky 1878-1959 In London after the couple began increasingly to drift apart the marriage ended in an amicable divorce Subsequently Serge began to share an apartment with his cousin Prince Felix Yusupov 1887-1967 who is best known for his part in the assassination of Rasputin It was at that time that Serge met Ava Alice Muriel Astor with whom he would share a decade in a happy and prosperous marriage Serge Obolensky acquired a large part of his collection of important Russian works of art in London Of Mark Antokol'skii's exceptional marble bust of Ivan the Terrible sold Christie's New York 9 April 2014 for 269 000 he wrote; 'The original small bust simply the head and the shoulders went through many vicissitudes It was taken out of Russia after the Revolution and wound up in my possession in London It finally came to rest in my son �s house in Rhinebeck New York A superb piece of characterization in stone it shows eloquently the sculptor �s struggle to understand Ivan his greatness as an administrator his brooding malignance and his cruelty ' Serge Obolensky A Man in His Time The Memoirs of Serge Obolensky New York 1958 p 17 Years later in New York Serge Obolensky became a hotel business legend managing the public relations and operations of renowned hotels such as the St Regis the Plaza the Sherry-Netherland the Ambassador and the Astor all which benefited greatly both from his business acumen and from his famed charismatic flair He died in 1978 leaving behind an extraordinary legacy Ivan Obolensky graduated from Yale and began his career as a writer Following his service in the United States Navy he founded a publishing firm McDowell Obolensky Inc based in New York which published a number of prize winning novels as well as his father's memoirs After a successful career in publishing Ivan Obolensky switched to investment banking He continues the job to this day covering many prestigious accounts Obolensky has been actively involved in philanthropic activities in New York such as the Musicians Emergency Fund He is also active in The Soldiers' Sailors' Marines' Coast Guard and Airmen's Club The Russian Nobility Association and the New York Prior of the Orthodox Order of St John PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PRINCE IVAN OBOLENSKY Literature Exhibition catalogue Vystavka russkikh portretov Exhibition of Russian Portraits St Petersburg 1905 listed pp 32 and 100 no 186 Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich Portraits Russes des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles St Petersburg 1907 vol III 1st ed no 5 illustrated pl V listed p II Probably T Alekseeva Vladimir Lukich Borovikovskii i russkaia kultura na rubezhe 18go-19go vekov Vladimir Lukich Borovikovskii and Russian culture at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries 1975 p 360 Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich S Nikitin ed Russkie porttrety XVIII i XIX vekov Russian portraits of the XVIII and XIX centuries Moscow 2003 illustrated p 58 no 5 listed p 151 III no 5 Exhibited Probably St Petersburg The Tauride Palace Vystavka russkikh portretov Exhibition of Russian Portraits 1905 no 186 Price Realized £1 482 500 Set Currency 2 481 705 Sale 1528 � Russian Art 2 June 2014 London King Street http //www christies com/lotfinder/paintings/vladimir-borovikovsky-portrait-of-admiral-count-gri-5800219-details aspx from searchresults intObjectID 5800219 sid 64bcb102-84b2-419b-9d2c-1db543ffe39d Christie's По� т� ет г� афа Кушелева с сыновьями стоит в � яду семейных по� т� етов созданных Бо� овиковским на � убеже XVIII-XIX веков когда в � усском искусстве утве� ждается стиль ампи� Г� аф Г� иго� ий Г� иго� ьевич Кушелев 1754-1833 - наиболее вы� азительная фигу� а в по� т� ете Он п� едставлен в мантии кавале� а о� дена Анд� ея Пе� возванного с о� денами Анд� ея Пе� возванного Иоанна Ие� усалимского Анны и Александ� а � евского Адми� ал вице-п� езидент Адми� алтейств-коллегии г� аф занимался сбо� ом военных ка� т составил «Устав военного флота» Кушелев был фаво� итом Павла I и Бо� овиковский включил в композицию по� т� ета скульпту� ный бюст импе� ато� а Ге� ои по� т� ета изоб� ажены в инте� ье� е Кушелев запечатлен на фоне ка� тины где п� едставлено его имение «К� аснополец» Туда удалился г� аф после отст� анения его от дел в 1801 году Вто� ая половина его жизни была посвящена соби� анию п� оизведений живописи Он соб� ал большую коллекцию и был изб� ан почетным членом Импе� ато� ской Академии художеств Сыновья Кушелева изоб� ажены художником по памяти Их фигу� ы менее вы� азительны чем великолепно написанная фигу� а их отца Александ� Г� иго� ьевич 1800-1855 занимал многие официальные посты в госуда� ственных уч� еждениях России пе� вой половины XIX века Владелец одной из богатейших ка� тинных гале� ей Санкт-Пете� бу� га он пе� едал ее в да� Академии художеств Вто� ой сын г� афа Г� иго� ий Г� иго� ьевич 1802-1855 изб� ал военную ка� ье� у Участник войн с Пе� сией и Ту� цией он в чине гене� ал-майо� а был зачислен в свиту импе� ато� а � иколая I 1801 oil Institution unknown http //lj rossia org/users/john_petrov/416351 html other versions http //www tretyakovgallery ru/galleries/borovikov/index php image 19 � овго� одский музей заповедник <gallery>Borovik Portrait of Koshelev jpg RusPortraits v3-005 Le Comte Gregoire Grigoriewitch Koucheleff jpg </gallery> House of Kushelev PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT 1801; Grigory Kushelev the Elder Family portraits by Vladimir Borovikovsky 19th-century portrait paintings location missing Grigory Kushelev the Elder 1800s portraits of Russia 1801 portrait paintings Male 19th-century family portraits 19th-century oil portraits of sitting men at three-quarter length in ceremonial robes 18th-century people of Russia Art works uploaded by Andrew Butko from various sources 2000-2999 px on long side Busts in portrait paintings Busts of Paul I of Russia Ceremonial robes of the Order of St Andrew Children in Russian portraits Family portraits of Russia Files uploaded by Shakko from various sources Group portraits with 3 persons Pointing with the index finger in portrait paintings Portraits of fathers and children Private collections of Russian art | ||||
