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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