'The Brazen Horseman' - Tsar Peter the Great on horseback
Lot-No. 540
Proceeds : 9.500 €
Russia, mid 19th century, probably from the workshop of Mikhail Lomonosov. Walrus tusk, partly engraved, wood. Decorative group modelled on the bronze equestrian statue of Tsar Peter the Great on St. Petersburg's Senate Square, which Catherine the Great had erected by the French sculptor Falconet in 1782. Inscribed in Cyrillic. H. 32 x W. 34 x D. 23 cm. -
'The Brazen Horseman' - Tsar Peter the Great on horseback
'The Brazen Horseman' - Tsar Peter the Great on horseback
Lot-No. 540
Proceeds : 9.500 €
Russia, mid 19th century, probably from the workshop of Mikhail Lomonosov. Walrus tusk, partly engraved, wood. Decorative group modelled on the bronze equestrian statue of Tsar Peter the Great on St. Petersburg's Senate Square, which Catherine the Great had erected by the French sculptor Falconet in 1782. Inscribed in Cyrillic. H. 32 x W. 34 x D. 23 cm. -
