* NEVREV, NIKOLAI (1830-1904) What Kept the Bonds of Marriage Strong, signed and dated 1903. Oil on canvas, 100.5 by 75 cm. Provenance: Acquired by the father of a previous owner in Moscow in 1927. Important Russian Pictures, Christie’s London, 30 November 2004, lot 91. Private collection, Europe. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert V. Petrov. Authenticity has also been confirmed by the expert T. Goriacheva. Exhibited: XXXII Peredvizhnaia vystavka Tovarishchestva peredvizhnykh khudozhestvennykh vystavok, Moscow, St Petersburg, 1904, No. 162. Literature: Niva, No. 16, 1904, p. 305, illustrated in black and white. Katalog XXXII vystavki Tovarishchestva peredvizhnykh khudozhestvennykh vystavok, Moscow, 1904, p. 10, No. 162, listed; p. XIII, No. 162, illustrated in black and white. R. Danovskaia, Ocherki po istorii russkoi zhivopisi vtoroi poloviny XIX veka. N.V. Nevrev, Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, 1950, pp. 44–45, mentioned in the text. G. Romanov, Tovarishchestvo peredvizhnykh khudozhestvennykh vystavok. 1871–1923 g.g. Entsiklopediia, St Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg Orkestr, 2003, p. 285, No. 3–237, illustrated and listed. V. Artemov (ed.), Nikolai Nevrev, Moscow, Belyi Gorod, 2004, pp. 44–45, mentioned in the text.