NIKOLAI SEMENOVICH SAMOKISH
(1860-1944)
Portrait of Lel, a racing stallion
Lotto 22
15 00020 000
Signed in Cyrillic ‘N. Samokish’ (lower left) and
inscribed ‘Lel’ (lower right)
Oil on canvas
61 x 80 cm.
Provenance: private collection, Monaco
This painting depicts the Orlov Trotter ‘Lel’ and
the rider Pavel Chernov. In 1894, Lel (Udaloy -
Larochka) covered the distance of 3200m in 4.46
minutes and then 1600m in 2.16 minutes. Lel set
his record in the third gita by beating the American
stallion Flash.