* DUBOVSKOY, NIKOLAI (1859-1918) Blagovest , signed, also further signed, numbered "N 16/104" and dated 1916 on the reverse. Oil on canvas, 107 by 134 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Europe. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the experts S. Krivondenchenkov and P. Klimov. Authenticity has also been confirmed by the expert V. Petrov. Related literature: For an earlier version of the present lot, see exhibition catalogue, XXXIX Exhibition of the Society for Itinerant Art Exhibitions, Moscow, 1911, No. 24–113, listed. Narodnoe delo, No. 12, December 1911, illustrated.