RUSSIAN BRONZE GROUP “Cossack Hunter with Two Greyhounds”
$ 94.68
A RUSSIAN PATINATED BRONZE GROUP by GRACHEV “Cossack Hunter with Two Greyhounds” Cast by C.F. Woerffel after the model by Vasili Grachev (1831-1905), dated 1877 On a naturalistic oval base, realistically cast as a hunter on horseback smoking a pipe, with two greyhounds Signed on base in Cyrillic “LEP. GRACHEV”, also with foundry mark “FABR. C.F. WOERFFEL ST. PETERSBOURG”, with a Finance Ministry stamp dated 1877 Hight 17 in. (43,2 cm), width 17 1/4 in. (43,8 cm) CONDITION: Minor wear and a few areas of light rubbing to patina consistent with age. Good overall condition. NOTE: An identical bronze group by V. Grachev was sold for $46,000 at Sotheby’s New York, 15 April 2008. Item Nr. 2386 (Russian bronze Grachev “Cossack Hunter with Two Greyhounds”)
