THREE PLASTER PLAQUES

AFTER COUNT FEODOR TOLSTOI, CIRCA 1821-1825

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THREE PLASTER PLAQUES
AFTER COUNT FEODOR TOLSTOI, CIRCA 1821-1825
Each octagonal, in the Neo-Classical manner, with high reliefs on pale blue ground, the first depicting the liberation of Berlin in 1813, inscribed in Russian, 'conceived and executed by Count Feodor Tolstoi, 1821,' the second depicting the battle of Lepzig in 1813, inscribed in Russian, 'conceived and executed by Count Feodor Tolstoi, 1824,' the third depciting the crossing of the Rhine in 1813, inscribed in Russian, 'conceived and executed by Count Feodor Tolstoi, 1825'
Each approximately 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm.) wide (3)

拍品專文

Count Feodor Petrovich Tolstoi (1783-1873) was born in St. Petersburg and from 1804 studied at the Academy of Arts under I. P. Prokof'ev. In 1806 he started working at the Hermitage, transferring to the Mint in 1810. A sculptor, painter and engraver, Tolstoi became the leading medallist of his day, and was elected a professor at the Academy of Arts in 1842. These plaster plaques are taken from a large series of bronze medals commemorating the Russian war against Napoleon, undertaken by Tolstoi from 1814 until 1836.