Get a Khrustky Certificate of Authenticity for your painting (COA) for your Khrustky drawing.

For all your Khrustky artworks you need a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) in order to sell, to insure or to donate for a tax deduction.

Getting a Khrustky Certificate of Authenticity (COA) is easy. Just send us photos and dimensions and tell us what you know about the origin or history of your Khrustky painting or drawing.

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We have been authenticating Khrustky and issuing certificates of authenticity since 2002. We are recognized Khrustky experts and Khrustky certified appraisers. We issue COAs and appraisals for all Khrustky artworks.

Our Khrustky paintings and drawings authentications are accepted and respected worldwide.

Each COA is backed by in-depth research and analysis authentication reports.

The Khrustky certificates of authenticity we issue are based on solid, reliable and fully referenced art investigations, authentication research, analytical work and forensic studies.

We are available to examine your Khrustky painting or drawing anywhere in the world.

You will generally receive your certificates of authenticity and authentication report within two weeks. Some complicated cases with difficult to research Khrustky paintings or drawings take longer.

Our clients include Khrustky collectors, investors, tax authorities, insurance adjusters, appraisers, valuers, auctioneers, Federal agencies and many law firms.

We perform Alexander Ivan Khrustky art authentication, appraisal, certificates of authenticity (COA), analysis, research, scientific tests, full art authentications. We will help you sell your Alexander Ivan Khrustky or we will sell it for you.

Ivan Khrutsky was a Russian-Polish painter known for his still life paintings and portraits. He was born Ivan Fomich Khrutsky into a family descended from Polish gentry in the village of Ulka, Vitebsk Gubernia (currently Belarus). In 1827, Khrutsky came to St. Petersburg and in 1830 entered the Imperial Academy of Arts.

His first known works are dated 1832. The paintings gradually gathered public and critical acclaim. Khrutsky also worked as an interior designer, and became a popular amongst the wealthy home owners. In 1836, Khrutsky was awarded the Major Silver medal of the Academy for his still-lifes. Khrutsky also executed nice genre pictures and portraits. Old Woman Knitting a Sock, brought him the Minor Gold medal of the Academy. In 1839 he was awarded the title of the Academician.

After his father’s death in 1840 Khrutsky left St. Petersburg forever and settled in the family estate Zakharevichi, Polotsk region. This period was one of commisioned religious art, mostly from Lithuania. Besides religious paintings he also worked on portraits, such as I.I. Glazunov’s, Joseph Semashko’s, Mikolay Malynovsky’s and others. He died in 1885.

Still wondering about a 19th century Russian painting in your family collection? Contact us…it could be by Ivan Khrutsky.