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Vassili Yacovlevitch Grachev
(Russian, 1831 - 1905)
Foundry
Woerffel Foundry
(Russian, 1842 – 1914)
Datec. 1893-1904 CE
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 12 in. × 11 1/2 in. × 4 1/2 in. (30.5 × 29.2 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Philip W. Abell, Class of 1957
Object number1994.74
Not on view
DescriptionThis highly detailed equestrian bronze created by the Russian artist Vassili Grachev was made after a part of a larger composition titled Tsar’s Hunt or Hunt of Ivan the Terrible. Dressed in traditional Russian clothes, the rider is a boyar—a member of Russia’s old aristocracy next to the rank of prince—in the service of the Ivan the Terrible (1530–1584). This figure on horseback played a secondary role to the Tsar in the original composition. The complete version of the work was made in 1877, but copies of segments, such as this one, were produced between 1893 and 1904. The image of the Tsar’s hunt is based on a scene in the historical novel Prince Serebrenni (also known as The Silver Knight) published 1859–1861 by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817–1875), in which falconers inform the Tsar that his favorite falcon has flown away.
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
2014
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Find and Seek," September 2014 - August 28, 2015 (no catalog).
2012
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," October 6, 2012 - September 2014 (no catalog).
1994
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. “A Discerning Eye: Philip W. Abell (1935-1993) A Memorial Exhibition”, September 23 – November 6, 1994 (brochure).
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
2014
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Find and Seek," September 2014 - August 28, 2015 (no catalog).
2012
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," October 6, 2012 - September 2014 (no catalog).
1994
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. “A Discerning Eye: Philip W. Abell (1935-1993) A Memorial Exhibition”, September 23 – November 6, 1994 (brochure).
Provenance
1994: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by bequest of Philip Abell
Published References
A DISCERNING EYE: PHILIP W. ABELL (1935-1993) A MEMORIAL EXHIBITION (brochure, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, September 23- November 6, 1994).
Signature
Signed by incision in back of base: LEP. Grachev [in Cyrillic]; incised in side of base: FABR. C.F. WOERFFEL. / ST. PETERSBURG.
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.122
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.121
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.111
Sèvres Manufactory
Date: 1846
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain, gilt bronze
Object number: 1992.43a-b
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 23, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.339
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: c. 2nd century C.E.
Medium: Marble
Object number: 1986.7.1
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: c. 2nd century C.E.
Medium: Marble
Object number: 1986.7.2
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.124
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.112
Henry Dacre
Date: published 1840
Medium: Lithograph
Object number: 1973.6