A RARE AND MONUMENTAL BRONZE MODEL OF MEPHISTOPHELES

A RARE AND MONUMENTAL BRONZE MODEL OF MEPHISTOPHELES

MARK ANTOKOLSKY (1842-1902)

Realistically cast as Mephistopheles seated on a rock, his head resting on his hands crossed over his right knee, signed in Cyrillic \'Antokolsky\' on the back of the base and stamped with foundry mark \'Fonte procédé cire perdue / Thiebaut Frères / Paris\' on the side of the base

67 3⁄4 in. (171 cm.) high