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2010 COOK ISLANDS
VASILY TROPININ - The Lace Maker
Masters Of Europe
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Beautiful Partially Colorized Sterling Silver
Proof Coin featuring 2 Golden Wires
Low mintage of only 2500 coins!
PART OF
MASTERS OF EUROPE
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Vasily Andreevich Tropinin (March 30 [O.S. March 19] 1776 – May 16 [O.S. May 4] 1857) was a Russian Romantic painter. Much of his life was spent as a serf; he didn't attain his freedom until he was more than forty years old. Three of his more important works are a portrait of Alexander Pushkin and paintings called The Lace Maker and The Gold-Embroideress.