ALEXEI 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 the reverse) 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