Lot Essay
For a similar model, see A. Yegorov, K. Zhuromsky, Nicolai Liberich. Sculpture and Graphics, Moscow, 2011, p. 112, pl. 7. A comparable bronze group was sold Christie's, New York, 9 April 2014, lot 148.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
A GILT BRONZE GROUP OF A WOLF HUNT
CAST BY WOERFFEL AFTER THE MODEL BY NIKOLAI LIEBERICH, CIRCA 1880
Details
A GILT BRONZE GROUP OF A WOLF HUNT
CAST BY WOERFFEL AFTER THE MODEL BY NIKOLAI LIEBERICH, CIRCA 1880
On an oblong octagonal base, cast realistically as two huntsmen surrounded by their dogs and two horses, one subduing a wolf, signed on base 'LIEBERICH' and stamped with Cyrillic foundry mark 'FABR. C.F. WOERFFEL'
16 in. (41 cm.) wide
CAST BY WOERFFEL AFTER THE MODEL BY NIKOLAI LIEBERICH, CIRCA 1880
On an oblong octagonal base, cast realistically as two huntsmen surrounded by their dogs and two horses, one subduing a wolf, signed on base 'LIEBERICH' and stamped with Cyrillic foundry mark 'FABR. C.F. WOERFFEL'
16 in. (41 cm.) wide
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Bukowskis, Helsinki, 11 December 2004, lot 426.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
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