Winter sleigh race. Composition
Winter sleigh race. Composition
Russia, St. Petersburg
The 1880s
Grachev, Vasiliy, Woerffel bronze and lapidary art factory
Bronze; casting, patinating, chasing, mounting
10.0 x 24.5 x 8.0 cm
On the base: 1) ЛЪП. ГРАЧЕВЪ; 2) FABR. C. F. WOERFFEL. // St. PETER. SBOURG.
A sculptural representation of a trotter running at full gallop in shafts, harnessed to a light racing sleigh. The sleigh carries a bearded driver dressed in undercoat coat, tall boots, and a fur hat, tightly gripping the pulled reins. The composition is mounted on an oval base with a smooth, profiled plinth and a textured terrain
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