Russian Sculpture

The peasant festival (or "To the sound of the balalaika"). Composition

    The peasant festival (or "To the sound of the balalaika"). Composition

    Russia, St. Petersburg

    Model: 1874. Casting: last quarter of the 19th century

    Grachev brothers factory, Woerffel bronze and lapidary art factory

    Bronze; casting, patinating, chasing, mounting

    Height 32.0 cm

    On the base: Лъп. Грачевъ. and Fabr. C.F. Woerffel

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    A sculptural depiction of celebrating peasants near a log cabin (izba) porch is mounted on an irregularly shaped rectangular base with a high-relief textured terrain representing packed earth and a porch threshold. It features a youngish man wearing tall felt hat, belted shirt, and wide pants tucked into his boots, with an armyak coat carelessly slung over his shoulders. Beside him is a young woman wearing an embroidered headband with a frontal ornament, beads around her neck, and a patterned ribbon in her braid, dressed in wide-sleeved shirt with lace collar, sleveless dress, and vest with trim, with leather shoes on her feet. Leaning against the railings, the village suitor plays the balalaika to his beloved that is sitting next to him on the bench.

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