Russian Uhlan on Horseback

Object belonging

One's own

Category

Bronze sculpture

City

Rome

Location

Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia

Specific location

Store

Inventory

PV 07545

Material and technique

Bronze

Author

Russian School

Dating

c. 1875-1900

Dimensions

31 x 22.5 x 21 cm.

Origin

Tower-Wurts Collection (1933)

Image copyright

SSPSAE e per il Polo Museale della città di Roma

Short description

This bronze, together with three others fused in similar fashion in Russia in the late 19th century, entered the Palazzo Venezia collection in 1933. The works came from the sizeable collection acquired in Russia by the American George Wurts, before he moved to Rome from St. Petersburg in 1883. The base is rather unsual, consisting of a hemispheric cap made with bronze foil and punched so as to represent the ground; in the other Russian statues of this period bases depicting very uneven terrain were always fused together with the soldier who rides a horse. It is unlikely that this group and its base were made by the same artist.

Pietro Cannata

Bibliography

Unpublished