Lot 19
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A set of four Plaster bas reliefs
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A set of four Plaster bas reliefs

INSCRIBED IN CYRILLIC 'CONCEIVED AND WORKED BY COUNT FEODOR TOLSTOI', ONE '1819', TWO '1823', THE FOURTH '1825'

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A set of four Plaster bas reliefs
inscribed in Cyrillic 'conceived and worked by Count Feodor Tolstoi', one '1819', two '1823', the fourth '1825'
Octagonal, the centre of each with a classical medallion, inscribed across the base with the title in Russian : 'Battle of Maly Yaroslavets 1912'; 'Triple Alliance 1913'; 'Battle on the Katzbach Heights 1813'; and 'Liberation of Amsterdam 1813', inscribed on lower border of medallion, each in octagonal wood frame
each 9 5/8 in. (24.3 cm.) wide (4)
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Lot Essay

Count Feodor Petrovich Tolstoy (1783-1873) was born in St. Petersburg where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts from 1802. As one of the most fashionable artists in Russia during the 1820's, he was mentioned by Pushkin in Eugene Onegin. However, his greatest talent was in wax modeling and from 1810 he was appointed medal designer to the St. Petersburg Mint. Between 1813 and 1833 Tolstoy created his most successful medallions, a series of classical scenes devoted to the Napoleaonic wars of 1812-1814, including the present examples. He was appointed vice-president of the St. Petersburg Academy in 1828.

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