A VIENNA STYLE IRIDESCENT-GREEN GROUND VASE AND COVER ON FIXED STAND, 'VON WÖLFEN VERFOLGT.' AND 'WOLFSJAGD.'

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE BEEHIVE MARK, IRON-RED 2852/3048, SIGNED WAGNER

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A VIENNA STYLE IRIDESCENT-GREEN GROUND VASE AND COVER ON FIXED STAND, 'VON WÖLFEN VERFOLGT.' AND 'WOLFSJAGD.'
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE BEEHIVE MARK, IRON-RED 2852/3048, SIGNED WAGNER
Of flattened shield shape, finely painted after Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski with a continuous scene of horses and equestrian figures in Cossack costumes both hunting and being pursued by a pack of wolves, between variantly patterned gilt beaded bands and flanked by gilt enriched upright scroll handles with acanthus terminals, on a conforming foot and oval base gilt with a band of ribbon suspending foliate swags and tassels
24¼ in. (61.6 cm.) high (3)

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Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski, Polish (1849-1915)

After training at the Warsaw Drawing Class from 1868-70, Wierusz-Kowalski studied at the Akademies at Dresden and Münich and for a short period in the private studio of Józef Brandt. He was later given the title of Honorary Professor at the Münich Akademie. While on a trip to his native Poland in 1897 he purchased the Mikorzyn estate near Konin, a place that would soon come to be an inspiration for many of his paintings. It was there that he made many of his sketches and even went as far as to breed tame wolves for his studies.

Examples of his painting similar to the present subject include Attack of Wolves (1890) in the National Museum, Wroclaw and Wolves Attacking Sledges in the National Museum, Warsaw. Also see anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 15 June 1999, lot 72 and anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 25 October 2000, lot 21 for paintings with similar Wierusz-Kowalski subjects.