Russian Sculpture

Cossack firing from behind a lying horse. Composition

    Cossack firing from behind a lying horse. Composition

    Russia, St. Petersburg

    1877

    Grachev, Vasiliy, Woerffel bronze and lapidary art factory

    Bronze; casting, patinating, mounting, chasing

    12.6 x 20.5 x 14.1 cm

    On the base front side: FABR.C.F.WOERFFEL. St.PETERSBOURG. and on the base rear side: ЛЪП. ГРАЧЕВЪ.

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    On a flat, rectangular base with canted corners and a convex, textured terrain representing rough, stony ground, is a sculptural depiction of a young warrior. He wears a tunic (gimnasterka) and a peaked cap, with an empty rifle case slung across his shoulders and a shashka (saber) at his side. He aims a rifle at a target, leaning against the saddle of a horse lying in front of him, with its legs drawn in and its head lowered to the ground.


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