Rare antique Russain bronze of a  ossack  on a Horse Firing.  This dynamic sculpture was executed ca. 1880s -1900s after model by Albert -Moritz Wolf (1854 - 1923), who recieved European acknowledge for his masterfully Russian cabinett bronze figures. Similar sculpture by Wolf, foundry was sold in Sothebys for 18 000 british pounds. For the biography of A.M.Wilf in Russian see following link: http://www.kupitkartinu.ru/painter/920/

Literature: Bronzes of the 19th Century by Pierre Kjellberg (1994) A Concise History of Bronzes by George Savage (1968)Dictionnaire des Peintres et Sculpteurs by E. Benezit (1966)Dictionnaire de Sculpteurs de l´ecole Francaise by Stanaslas Lami (1914; Thieme/Becker"Allgemeines Kuenstlerlexikon", 1999, Leipzig.

Inscription: signed on the base with the name of sculptor "A.M. Wolf".

Technique: bronze, brown patina.

Measurements: w. 8 1/4 " x d. 3 1/2" x h. 11 1/3" (width 21 x deep 9 x high 29 cm).

Condition: in very good condition