Оригинал или копия? К вопросу об атрибуции акварелей и рисунков Г. С. Сергеева
Original or Copy? On Attribution of Watercolours and Drawings by G. S. Sergeev

Summary/Abstract: In the artistic heritage of Gavrila Sergeyevich Sergeyev (1765/1766–1816), a lesser known, but typical feature in the fine art of the 18th century found its representation. We say about the copying from original pictures, made by other artists, or borrowing fragments from them. A need in new themes was a cause for this. In 1793–1794, as a member to the Russian Emergency Mission, Sergeev visited Turkey and later made many view watercolours on Turkish themes. However, these works were not always painted himself. For example, his watercolour The Ruins of Eastern Tomb in the collection of the State Russian Museum was painted from an original picture by Luigi Mayer (1755–1803), who had lived for a long time in Constantinople and made many view watercolours there for the British diplomat R. Ensley. Therefore, a discovery of a T. Milton’s print The Internal View of Jupiter Ammon Temple in Libya made from L. Mayer’s original picture, provided an opportunity to give a correct name to the G. S. Sergeyev’s watercolour and refine his artistic biography.

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