Lot Essay
For the original wax model, see L.A. Dementieva, Album of Models by the Sculptor Eugene Lanceray, Moscow, 2011, pp. 80-81, no. 24. A comparable model was sold Christie’s, New York, 13 April 2011, lot 283.
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CAST BY F. CHOPIN AFTER THE MODEL BY EVGENII LANCERAY, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A BRONZE GROUP OF A ZAPOROZHIAN COSSACK AFTER BATTLE
CAST BY F. CHOPIN AFTER THE MODEL BY EVGENII LANCERAY, LATE 19TH CENTURY
On an oval naturalistic base, cast as a mounted Cossack carrying a lance, cleaning his sword and leading a captured horse, signed on base in Cyrillic 'MODELLED BY E LANCERAY' with the Cyrillic foundry mark 'CHOPIN AND BERTO'
19 in. (48.2 cm.) high
CAST BY F. CHOPIN AFTER THE MODEL BY EVGENII LANCERAY, LATE 19TH CENTURY
On an oval naturalistic base, cast as a mounted Cossack carrying a lance, cleaning his sword and leading a captured horse, signed on base in Cyrillic 'MODELLED BY E LANCERAY' with the Cyrillic foundry mark 'CHOPIN AND BERTO'
19 in. (48.2 cm.) high
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