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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN COLLECTION
A BRONZE MODEL OF A COSSACK ON HORSEBACK
CAST BY WOERFFEL, AFTER THE MODEL BY VASILII GRACHEV, CIRCA 1877
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A BRONZE MODEL OF A COSSACK ON HORSEBACK
CAST BY WOERFFEL, AFTER THE MODEL BY VASILII GRACHEV, CIRCA 1877
On an oval naturalistic base, realistically cast as a smoking Cossack on horseback, with two greyhounds, signed on base in Cyrillic and dated 'Mod.[elled] [by] Grachev. 1877', with Finance Ministry stamp dated 1877, and Cyrillic foundry mark 'Woerffel'; on a detachable wooden base
16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm.) wide
CAST BY WOERFFEL, AFTER THE MODEL BY VASILII GRACHEV, CIRCA 1877
On an oval naturalistic base, realistically cast as a smoking Cossack on horseback, with two greyhounds, signed on base in Cyrillic and dated 'Mod.[elled] [by] Grachev. 1877', with Finance Ministry stamp dated 1877, and Cyrillic foundry mark 'Woerffel'; on a detachable wooden base
16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Nina Zouboff (1929-2018).
Brought to you by
Alexis de Tiesenhausen