RUSSIAN PATINATED BRONZE GROUP “Cossack Warrior on Horseback”
Cast by C.F. Woerffel after the model by Vasili Grachev (1831-1905), dated 1881
On a naturalistic oval base, realistically cast as a cossack wielding a pistol on a galloping horse
Signed on base in Cyrillic “LEP. GRACHEV”, also with foundry mark “FABR. C.F. WOERFFEL”,
with a Finance Ministry stamp dated 1881
Hight 14 in. (35,6 cm), width 17 in. (43,2 cm)
CONDITION:
Areas of some rubbing to patina, good overall condition.
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Item Nr. 2581 (Russian bronze group “Cossack warrior”)