Sylvester Schedrin
(Saint Petersburg 1791 - 1830 Sorrento), attributed to
Fishermen on the Rocky Coast of Sorrento, late 1820s
Oil on canvas
48,2 x 68,2 cm
In its original frame: 63 x 83, 5 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Italy
Wannenes Auctions, Genoa, 03-02-2016, lot 876
Private collection, Germany
Two similar scenes of ‘Fishermen on the Rocky Coast of Sorrento’ dating from the late 1820's are in the collections of the State Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg and the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow (both illustrated, see exhib. cat. The Light of Italy, Sylvester Schedrin and his Russian Contemporaries, Paintings and Drawings from the Russian Museum, G. Goldovsky and Y. Petrova (Ed.), May 2 - September 30, 2007, Villa Fiorentino, Sorrento, no. 11, ill. and p. 19).
We kindly thank Hans Ottomeyer, Munich, author of the exhibition catalogue Russische Malerei der Biedermeierzeit - Meisterwerke aus der Tretjakow Galerie Moskau im Dialog mit Gemälden der Neuen Galerie Kassel, Staatliche Museen Kassel, February 20 - May 2, 1999, for his detailed text and confirmation of the attribution (2017).
