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STACKELBERG, Ernest.
Prince Grigori Gagarin.
Le Caucase pittoresque, dessins d'apres nature par le Prince Gregorie Gagarine.
Gagarin worked not only with brushes but also with a pencil and turned out to be an extremely talented graphic artist. His paintings, which he brought back from the Caucasus, show his vision, as artistic as it is gentle, of this region which, for him, was much more than a dismal war zone. His skillful alternation between delicately colored lithographs and watercolors and intensely colored oil paintings enchanted the art world.
- Published
- Paris: Plon Freres, 1847.
- References
- Lipperheide 1385; Bobins 1018.
- Plates
- 20
- Binding/Size
- L=FOLIO
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Paris: Plon Freres, 1847.
- Ref
- 5051
[The picturesque Caucasus, drawings from nature by Prince Gregorie Gagarin.] FIRST EDITION. Folio; half-title, dedication to Czar, 22pp., introduction, pictorial lithographed title, general tinted lithograph map of the Caucasus. Eighty litho plates, of which ten are chromolithographed, others hand coloured at a later date. Contemporary half calf gilt, with title, lettered direct, spine in raised bands in gilt, letters in gilt direct. Some MS annotations to a prelim. All edges are gilt. Plates show life in Armenia, Dagestan, Georgia, etc. A rare and a most lavish study of Caucasia. The work was originally published in 20 parts containing 80 plates. Each part had a section of explanatory text to accompany the plates. Prince Gagarin was a remarkable draughtsman, who specialised in genre scenes, landscapes, battles, using watercolour and gouache. Many of his paintings are on display in Moscow Galleries and museums. Coloured plates in order: 1. Adighes descendus des Montagnes, pour voir un nouveau Chef. 2. Fresques de Ghelati (8 figs). 3. Portrait de Chota Roustaveli Poete Georgien du XII siecle. 4. Escarmouche de Persiens et de Kurdes. 5. Djighit a Sardar Abbat. Kurdes & Tartars. 6. Interieur de l'Eglise d'Etchmeadzine / Entree principale de l'Eglise d'Etchmeadzine. 7. Salle des Miroirs dans le Palais du Sardar d'Erivan. 8. Details des Fayences de la Mosquee. Situees dans la forteresse. 9. Le Lac Sevamg ou Cokcha. 10. Caravane de Marchands Armeniens. 11-12. Eglise de Bethanie (Peintures murales). 13. Palais du Khan de Bakou. 14. Ateseh-Gah, Indiens Adonnes au Culte du Feu. 15. Peinture qui se trouve dans la residence des Princes Maghaladze. 16. Plan & Peintures de Nekresi, V siecle. 17. Costumes des XVIII siecles. 18. Vue, Details & Peintures de l'Eglise de Sion (Vallee d'Ateni). 19. Alexandre Roi des Rois, 1417-1442, La Reine Nestaine-Dared Jane fille du Roi de Kakhetie tire d'une Chapelle de Ghelati pres de Koutais / Vachika Chabouri / Georgiens du XV siecle / Doulardoukhta / Danseuse Georgienne du XV siecle. 20. St. Chalva et 4 Rois Georgiens. 21. [Map] Carte generale du Caucase.
