拍品 299
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A RUSSIAN BRONZE EQUESTRIAN GROUP WITH A COSSACK AND HIS LOVER, cast from a model by Alexei Petrovitch Gratchev, the cossack mounted on a horse, embracing his lover, on an oval naturalistic base signed in Cyrillic L B P. GRATCHEVand with the founders inscription FABR. C. E. WOERFFEL. (a section of reins lacking), third quarter 19th Century

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A RUSSIAN BRONZE EQUESTRIAN GROUP WITH A COSSACK AND HIS LOVER, cast from a model by Alexei Petrovitch Gratchev, the cossack mounted on a horse, embracing his lover, on an oval naturalistic base signed in Cyrillic L B P. GRATCHEVand with the founders inscription FABR. C. E. WOERFFEL. (a section of reins lacking), third quarter 19th Century

12¼in. (31cm.) wide; 14¾in. (37.5cm.) high; 7in. (17.7cm.) deep

拍品专文

Alexei Petrovitch Gratchev focused on the romantic side of life in Tzarist Russia. This group, cast by the German founder Woerffel of St. Petersburg, is known as 'The Sweethearts Farewell', it is a sensitive model both in conception and execution.
Another variant of this group was sold at Sotheby's, London, 30 March, 1990, lot 86.