ALEXEI PETROVICH BOGOLYUBOV (1824-1896) A Summer day in Veules-les-Roses, France

signed in Cyrillic ‘A. Bogolyubov’ (lower left) and inscribed ‘Veules’ (lower right), inscribed in Cyrillic ‘To Ivan Alekseevich Novikov from A. Bogolyubov…’ (on reverse of the panel) oil on panel 41 x 26 cm Provenance: acquired directly from the artist by Ivan Alekseevich Novikov, a state counsellor and Bogolyubov’s friend (inscription on the reverse). Acquired by Johan Olof, a Danish consul, in Russia in the 1930s Private collection, Europe