Alexei Petrovich BOGOLIUBOV (Pomerania, 1824 - Paris, 1896) - Lot 90

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Alexei Petrovich BOGOLIUBOV (Pomerania, 1824 - Paris, 1896) - Lot 90
Alexei Petrovich BOGOLIUBOV (Pomerania, 1824 - Paris, 1896) Moonlight on the Piazzetta San Marco in Venice Oil on panel, unsigned, localized lower right "VENICE". Stamped on the back of the panel by the gilder and framer Ch. Le Roux, 141 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré, Paris. In a large gilded and carved wooden frame bearing the label of Maison Souty, 34-35 rue Vaneau, Paris. Material missing at the bottom and left edge. H. 16 cm - L. 10.2 cm (panel) ; H. 40 cm - L. 34 cm (frame). MC Provenance - Baron Ury de Günzburg (1840-1914) - Then by descent Related work "Venice. Night", watercolor on paper (H. 46 x W. 33) cm, in the Saratov A.N. Radishchev Museum of Art and History. History Alexei Petrovich Bogolyubov occupies a central place in the history of Russian landscape and marine painting of the XIXᵉ century. An officer in the Imperial Navy before devoting himself to painting, he received his training at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg under Maxim Vorobiov and Bogdan Willewalde. Winner of a gold medal, in 1854 he was awarded a scholarship that took him to Europe, where he discovered the great masters of Western landscape painting. His stay in Dresden was decisive: it was there that he discovered Canaletto's vedute, which had a profound impact on his imagination. As he later wrote: "I had copied him mercilessly, imitating Aïvazovski, in St. Petersburg from engravings, and so, seeing the masters, I realized the baseness of my painting and burned with impatience to return." This enthusiasm took shape on his arrival in Venice, whose evocative power he noted: "A warm Venetian evening arrived, the full moon appeared, as if it had been willed, night fell like a curtain, and Venice then presented itself before my eyes even more beautiful. Black gondolas silvered the surface of the Grand Canal and the lagoons. Everything was shrouded in a subtle bluish mist." . Although the work is unsigned, it is a remarkably faithful reproduction of the scene in the Saratov Museum. It also features the location painted in capital letters at the bottom edge: a recurring and emblematic feature of the painter's work. This work belonged to the same collection as "Vue de Venise", which was sold on November 15, 2025 for €143,000 including costs.
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