LAGORIO, LEV (1826–1905) From Bosporus to the Black Sea, signed and dated 1886. Oil on canvas, 74.5 by 124.5 cm. Provenance: Acquired in St Petersburg in the 1920s. Thence by descent. Private collection, Georgia. Russian Art, Sotheby’s London, 24 November 2008, lot 9. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner. Private collection, UK. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert V. Petrov. Exhibited: Vystavka Akademii khudozhestv, 1886, Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, St Petersburg, 1886. Literature: F. Bulgakov, Illiustrirovannyi obzor vystavki Akademii khudozhestv, St Petersburg–Moscow, Tovarishchestvo M.O. Volf, 1886, p. 31, mentioned in the text; p. 33, illustrated; p. 38, No. 6, listed.