Nikolai Konstantinovic Roerich (1874 – 1947) - View of the Kremlin 1903 oil on cardboard 29.5 x 51 cm signed and dated lower right: Rerich 1903 verso text: "This sketch is registered in the list of works in N. K. Rerich's book published in St. Petersburg in 1918 and represents a view of the Kremlin, Moscow and was painted in 1903." Provenance: – Ferdinand Svoboda Bookshop and Publishing House, Prague II (letter of Noveber 23, 1936 documenting the offer of the work to the curator of the Modern Gallery in Prague) – State Insurance Company, Prague – deposited in the National Gallery Prague (DO 3296), June 15, 1954 assumed from its deposit Publicated: – Monograph by N.K. Rerich, St. Petersburg, 1918 Consulted with Dr Irena Zantovska Murray HonFRIBA, Professor Jaromir Zemina, Dr Jiri Machalicky and Vladimir Lekes. Expertise of Dr R. Michalova, enclosed. Restoration expertise of academic painter-restorer David Frank enclosed, dated April 4, 2023. Auction, Prague, Czech Republic.