A SET OF TWELVE RUSSIAN OCTAGONAL PLASTER RELIEF PLAQUES

AFTER COUNT FEODOR TOLSTOY, 20TH CENTURY

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A SET OF TWELVE RUSSIAN OCTAGONAL PLASTER RELIEF PLAQUES
AFTER COUNT FEODOR TOLSTOY, 20TH CENTURY
DEPICTING CLASSICAL FIGURES AND CLASSICAL BATTLE SCENES, VARIOUSLY INSCRIBED IN CYRILIC AND DATED 1812-1815 IN MODERN GILTWOOD FRAMES
9 IN. (23 CM.) DIAMETER (12)

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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.

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