A Bashi-bazouk leading a stolen cow. Composition
A Bashi-bazouk leading a stolen cow. Composition
Russia, Saint Petersburg
The 1880-1890s
Grachev, Vasiliy, Woerffel bronze and lapidary art factory
Bronze; casting, patinating, chasing
29.4 × 31.5 × 11 cm
On the base front side: FABR. C. F. WOERFFEL. ST. PETERSBOURG.; on the rear side: ЛЪП. ГРАЧЕВЪ
The sculptural composition 'Bashi-bazouk* leading a stolen cow,' depicting a mounted Bashi-bazouk holding a pistol in his right hand, with a cow walking alongside him. Set on an oval ground-type base.
* Bashi-bazouk – irregular soldier of the Ottoman Empire
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