A peasant dragging a sled with barrels. Composition
A peasant dragging a sled with barrels. Composition
Russia, St. Petersburg
Late 1890s – first half of the 1900s
Grachev, Vasiliy, Woerffel bronze and lapidary art factory
Bronze; casting, patinating
32 x 38.7 x 12.5 cm
On the rectangular base: ЛЕП. ГРАЧЕВЪ
On a rectangular base (plinth) with a convex relief ground, there is a sculptural composition depicting a side-looking peasant with a mustache and a beard, wearing an armyak coat, ports (trousers), bast shoes (lapti) with onuchi (foot wraps), and mittens, with a hat on his head, dragging a sleigh loaded with three barrels. In his right hand is a hook (?) with reins tied to it, while his left hand holds the collar of his armyak coat.
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