Lot 112
  • 112

Petr Alexandrovich Samonov (1863-1930s), A Russian Bronze of a Cossack Officer on Horseback, 19th century

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • inscribed with signature and with Woerffel foundry mark
  • Bronze
  • Length 13 3/8 in.
  • 34 cm
depicting a Cossack officer astride a galloping horse holding a lance in one hand

Condition

very good detail and attractive, medium brown patina. The lance with small area of loss.
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Catalogue Note

Samonov, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Russian Army, was also the author of the monument to General Skobelev on Tverskaya Street (erected 1912; removed 1918).