{"product_id":"dumont-turgenev-sportsman-sketches","title":"Alfred DUMONT Turgenev A Sportsman’s Sketches","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlfred Paul Emil Etienne DUMONT (1828–1894)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOil on wood panel; signed and dated lower left; inscribed lower right: *Esquisse* (Sketch) – *Récit d'un chasseur* (A Sportsman’s Sketches) by Turgenev.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e42 cm x 54 cm.  Cadre 52cm x 64 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlfred Paul Emil Etienne Dumont (1828–1894) was a prominent Swiss landscape and genre painter, draftsman, and a notable member of the renowned Düsseldorf School of painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*A Sportsman’s Sketches* (*Zapiski okhotnika*) is a collection of short stories by the Russian writer Ivan Turgenev.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwenty-one of these stories were published in the journal *The Contemporary* (*Sovremennik*), beginning with the first issue in January 1847, and three appeared in *The Herald of Europe* (*Vestnik Yevropy*). The first edition, published in 1852, sold out within six months; a second edition followed in 1859, with others appearing in 1860 and 1865. The complete edition of all twenty-five texts—in their definitive version, free from censorship cuts—was published in 1874. The collection consists of twenty-four short stories, the final one—\"The Forest and the Steppe\"—being a descriptive account of the author’s impressions while out hunting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PAINTINGS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49077064171638,"sku":null,"price":1800.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1734\/1149\/files\/SportsmanSketchesTurgenev1.jpg?v=1792485253","url":"https:\/\/appleboutique.com\/products\/dumont-turgenev-sportsman-sketches","provider":"Apple Boutique® Antique Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}