RUSSIAN BRONZE GROUP, V. GRACHEV, 19TH CENTURY

A PATINATED RUSSIAN BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP
"Farewell Kiss"
Cast by C.F. Woerffel after a model by Vasili Grachev (1831-1905), late 19th century.
A highly detailed, beautifully patinated bronze figural group depicting a Cossack kissing his beloved.
Signed on the naturalistically modeled base "Grachev" in Cyrillic, inscribed "FABR.C.R.WOERFFEL ST.PETERSBOURG".