FINE ART: FROM OLD MASTERS TO 19TH CENTURY, MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART, EAST EUROPEAN ART, ICONS
By Hermitage Fine Art
Jun 25, 2024
PARK PALACE - 25 AVENUE DE LA COSTA 98000 MONACO, Monaco
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LOT 106:

FYODOR MOLLER (1812-1874) Kiss

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Start price:
12,000
Estimated price :
€12,000 - €15,000
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Auction took place on Jun 25, 2024 at Hermitage Fine Art
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FYODOR MOLLER (1812-1874) Kiss
signed in Cyrillic and dated ' F. Moller 1854'
oil on panel, oval
29.2 x 32.4 cm (à vue)
painted in 1854

Fyodor Antonovich Moller's fame began with his work 'The Kiss'. This work earned him the title of academician of painting at the Imperial Academy of Arts. The first original (whose whereabouts are unknown today) was bought by Emperor Nicholas I for his wife's private flats in the Winter Palace.

The unprecedented success of the painting contributed to its widespread popularization. Throughout his life, Moller repeated the painting many times. One version is in the Russian National Museum in St. Petersburg.