Lot 580
  • 580

EVGENI ALEXANDROVICH LANCERAY (1848-1886)RUSSIAN | Tsar's Falconer

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Tsar's Falconer
  • signed in Cyrllic, and inscribed F. Chopin and with foundry mark
  • bronze
  • height 18  5/8  in.; 47.3 cm.

Condition

Standard surface abrasions. One tassel suspended from saddle is bent. Golden patina beneath dark greenish brown lacquer.
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Catalogue Note

This bronze figure representing a falconer from the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich, was one of five works that gained Lanceray the status of 'artist of the first class' (klassnyi khudozhnik pervoi stepeni) in May 1872 by  Russian Academy of Arts. For this design, see L.A. Dementieva, Evgenii Lansere: Albom skulpturnykh modelei, Moscow, 2011, pp. 74-75, 282-283, 316, no. 22 and G.W. Sudbury, Evgueni Alexandrovitch Lanceray, 1848-1886, Lausanne, 2006, pp. 72-73, 104-106, 132-134.