ZARETSKI (Zaretzky), Nicolas Vassilievitch (1876-1959), La grande-duchesse Ekaterina Pavlovna en Bohême en 1813. 1936.

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Russian artist, art historian, and connaisseur of Russian 1812 Army uniforms. He graduated from the Tver Cavalry School and the Drawing School of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts (1912). From 1920, he was in exile in Berlin. He was chairman of the Union of Russian painters, sculptors and architects. From 1931 he lived in Prague. In 1951 he moved to Paris. Projet de couverture pour le livre de N. A. Elenev, édité à Prague en 1936. Carton, encre de chine, rehauts de blanc. 42,7 x 33 cm. Monogrammé en bas, «N» à gauche et «Z» à droite. Au dos le tampon du peintre František Sembdner (1910-1977).