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IVAN FEDOROVICH KOVSHENKOV
Ryssland 1824-1898
Black Sea Kazak in Sevastopol
Signerad på baksidan med kyrilliska bokstäver I. Kovshenkov och daterad 1855. Grön- och brunpatinerad brons, höjd 38,5 cm, inkl sockel 43 cm.

Signed in Cyrillic I. Kovshenkov and dated 1855 on the reverse of the base, the front inscribed in Cyrillic: Black Sea plastoon in Sevastopol 1854 and 1855.

PROVENANCE
Private collection, United Kingdom

LITERATURE
Catalogue of the Russian Section. International Exhibition of 1862, with a list of awards. Published by the order of the Imperial Commission.
London, 1862. N 1714, p. 122 listed.
State Russian Museum, Sculpture XVIII - early XX century. Art, Leningrad Department, 1988
"The Black Sea Plastoon in Sevastopol, 1855" No. 531, is illustrated with. 78.
E.V. Karpova, Russian and West European sculpture of the 13th-early 20th century, New Materials, Findings, Attributions. Art-SPB, 2009.
"The Black Sea Plastoon in Sevastopol, 1855" is illustrated with. 274


Similar castings of this model are stored in:
The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, (SK-905)
Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan


During the last years of Nikolay I, small bronze figures made by Ivan F. Kovshenkov (1824-1898) began to appear in his chambers.
These works on military and historical themes were cast by special order of the emperor.
After a while, the master received the same privilege from Alexander II, presenting to his highest consideration, every new design until 1863.

In the cabinet of Alexander III, judging by the inventory of the rooms in the Anichkov Palace, there were statuettes of the "Black Sea plastoon in Sevastopol" (1855) and "Sarmat" (1863). (Russian and West European Sculpture of the XIII-early XX Century, E. V. Karpova, SpB 2009).

Later transferred to the collection of the Russian Museum in 1936. Kovshenkov received the title of academician in 1860 for a number of works, including the statuette "The Black Sea Plastoon" (The catalog of the Russian Museum, 1988, pp. 78-79).

The model was valued not only the tsars of Russia but also by some European connoisseurs. The model of the "Black Sea Plastoon" was so successful that it was presented at the World Exhibition in London in 1862 and is mentioned in the catalog. (Index of the Russian Department of the World Exhibition 1862, London 1862, pp. 122, No. 1714)
Most likely this model was the one presented at the exhibition in 1862.

Auktionsnummer:

343

Datum:

2018-12-05