Russian Bronze of Falconer on Horse signed „App. E. Naps" after Eugeny Lanceray.

„Sokolinaya Ohota“ - a russian falconer from the Ivan The Terrible time frame with a hunting hawk in his hand.

Evgeny Alexandrovich Lanseray  (1848 - 1886)  was a famous Russian sculptor of the 19th century; Lanseray came from a family who came to Russia from France; he studied with the animal sculptor Nikolai Iwanowitsch Lieberich and specialized in the representation of horses and riders. In search of appropriate motifs, he traveled through the interior of both European and Asian Russia every year, and Algeria in 1883.

Evgeny Ivanovich Naps (b.? - d.?) was a self-taught sculptor, restorer, draftsman and painter. In St. Petersburg he was engaged in the restoration of porcelain, small plastics and bronze sculpture for antique dealers and collectors. He created small copies and variations of the works of Russian sculptors for the capital factories producing bronze sculpture. The bronze statuettes created by Naps were bought by representatives of different walks of life.

Measurement: 11 1/2 inches high

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