This Alexei Alexeievich Harmaloff (1840-1925 Russian) oil on canvas is beautifully painted portrait of a young girl wearing traditional ethnic dress. Her soulful eyes stare directly at the viewer as she delicately touches the flower garland that crowns her head. Signed lower right "Harlamoff". An exceptionally fine example of Harmaloff portraiture. Alexei Alexeievich Harlamoff was born in the village of Dyachevka near Saratov on the Volga. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, and he won both a Gold Medal and a scholarship in 1868. Writer Ivan Turgenev was enchanted with the “little portrait-heads,” so much that he openly called Harlamoff his favorite painter. By 1883, the artist had garnered international acclaim, and a writer for Novoe Vremia wrote of the extraordinary demand for the Russian’s work from private collectors and art dealers in both London and Paris. Works by Harlamoff are found in the J Paul Getty Museum in California, the Athenean Museum in Taiwan and The Alexander III Museum in St Petersburg. 28" X 34 1/2" $6000 - $9000 Please contact us for high resolution images of this lot. Shipping: We are unable to ship this item. Please contact a third party shipper for a quote. Please be sure and include your shipping address, a description of the lot, including any dimensions, the speed at which you will need it shipped and the amount you would like to insure it for. You may also hire your own third party shipper, they must be willing to pick the item up from us. Please contact us for a list of recommended shippers. Please email shipping@converseauctions.com if you have any questions.