A BRONZE MODEL OF A COSSACK ON HORSEBACK

A BRONZE MODEL OF A COSSACK ON HORSEBACK

CAST BY WOERFFEL, AFTER THE MODEL BY VASILII GRACHEV, CIRCA 1877

On an oval naturalistic base, realistically cast as a smoking Cossack on horseback, with two greyhounds, signed on base in Cyrillic and dated \'Mod.[elled] [by] Grachev. 1877\', with Finance Ministry stamp dated 1877, and Cyrillic foundry mark \'Woerffel\'; on a detachable wooden base

16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm.) wide