AN OCTAGONAL PLASTER PLAQUE

细节

AN OCTAGONAL PLASTER PLAQUE
after Count Feodor Tolstoi, circa 1820

In the neo-classic manner, depicting in high relief the profile of Alexander I as a warrior, holding in his right hand a spear and holding in his other hand a shield with allegorical scenes of the battle of Leipzig, dated 1813, on pale blue ground, with Latin inscription Conceived and executed by Count Feodor Tolstoi 1814.
20 cm high

拍品专文

Count Feodor Petrovich Tolstoi (1783-1873) was born in St. Petersburg and from 1804 studied at the Academy of Arts with I. P. Prokofiev. In 1806 he started work at the Hermitage and at the Mint in 1810. As a sculptor, painter and engraver, Tolstoi became the leading medallist of his day. These plaque is taken from a large series of bronze medals commemorating the Russian war against Napoleon undertaken by Tolstoi from 1814 until 1836.