Two military plaster Plaques

AFTER COUNT FEODOR TOLSTOI, CIRCA 1830

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Two military plaster Plaques
after Count Feodor Tolstoi, circa 1830
Octagonal, the circular centres moulded in high relief with classical military scenes with Russian inscriptions 'Three-day Battle near the town on Krasnoe 1812' and 'Battle near Arsis-on-the-Ob 1814', on pale blue ground, marked on plaques in Russian 'Conceived and executed by Count Feodor Tolstoi 1819' and '1830', in square ormolu-mounted wooden frames with hexagonal apertures
9.7/8 in. (25 cm.) square (2)

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Count Feodor Petrovich Tolstoi (1783-1873) was born in St. Petersburg and from 1804 studied at the Academy of Arts with I.P. Prokofiev. In 1806 he started work a the Hermitage and at the Mint in 1810. As a sculptor, painter and engraver, Tolstoi became the leading medallist of his day. These plaques is taken from a large series of bronze medals commemorating the Russian war against Napoleon executed by Tolstoi between 1814 and 1836.

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