A RUSSIAN BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP OF A COSSACK ON HORSEBACK KISSING HIS SWEETHEART . After Vassili Yacovlevitch Grachev (Russia...

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A RUSSIAN BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP OF A COSSACK ON HORSEBACK KISSING HIS SWEETHEART
After Vassili Yacovlevitch Grachev (Russian, 1831-1905)
Cast by C.F. Woerffel, St. Petersburg, Russia, late 19th century
Marks: LBP. GRACHEV (in Cyrillic), FABR C.F. WOERFFEL/ ST. PETERSBURG (in Cyrillic)
9-3/4 inches high (24.8 cm)


The grouping on a naturalistic oval base after a model by Vassili Yacovlevitch Grachev of a Cossack on horseback embracing a standing woman balanced on a tree stump.

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