DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor (1821-1881)
Period albumen portrait by Vezenberg & Co
Saint Petersburg [1879], cdv format
Very scarce portrait of the author of Crime and Punishment
EUR 6.000,-
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DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor (1821-1881)
Period albumen portrait by Vezenberg & Co
Saint Petersburg [1879], cdv format
Mounted on thin cardboard in the photorapher’s credit
Some superficial stains and flaws (see scan)
Very scarce portrait of the author of Crime and Punishment
This portrait, which has remained famous in the writer’s iconography, shows Dostoevsky with a piercing gaze and a slight smile.
Good condition throughout.
Iconography:
Album Dostoïevski, éd. G. Aucouturier et C. Menuet, Pléiade, p. 333, n°531