A BRONZE GROUP OF AN OPRICHNIK (PRINCE VIAZEMSKII)
A BRONZE GROUP OF AN OPRICHNIK (PRINCE VIAZEMSKII)

CAST AFTER THE MODEL BY EVGENII LANCERAY, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE GROUP OF AN OPRICHNIK (PRINCE VIAZEMSKII)
CAST AFTER THE MODEL BY EVGENII LANCERAY, LATE 19TH CENTURY
On an naturalistic oval base, realistically cast as a warrior wearing chain mail and a helmet, with a shield strapped to his back and a sword, axe, bow and arrows at his sides, seated on an animal skin, holding the reins of his horse, signed in Cyrillic 'MODELLED [BY] E. LANCERAY’
14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) high

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Aleksandra Babenko
Aleksandra Babenko

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The present lot is one of a pair of bronzes portraying characters from the historical novel Prince Serebryanii by Alexei Tolstoy.

For the original wax model, see L.A. Dementieva, Album of Models by the Sculptor Eugene Lanceray, Moscow, 2011, pp. 60-61, no. 15. For the same model cast in bronze, see G. Sudbury, et al., Evgueni Alexandrovich Lanceray: le sculpteur russe du cheval, Paris, 2006, p. 129. A similar model of the Oprichnik was sold Christie's, London, 29 November 2010, lot 444.

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