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BUST OF GRAND DUKE ALEXANDER NIKOLAEVICH (FUTURE ALEXANDER II)

Creator(s): Iakov Pamfilovich Seriakov (Sculptor)

Currently in storage


About this object

Man has curly hair and a moustache and his shoulders are naked like the portraits of Roman emperors. Probably Alexander II, after a portrait by Franz Kruger.

Object name:
BUST OF GRAND DUKE ALEXANDER NIKOLAEVICH (FUTURE ALEXANDER II)
Made from:
Ivory, Mammoth (likely)
Made in:
Russia
Date made:
c. 1850
Size:
9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
36.31
Class:
IVORY
Signature marks:
SIGNATURE on back: Seriakov in Cyrillic
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973