КАС.З. / KAS.Z. / Sculpture Bear on its hind legs

N.I. Liberich is a Russian sculptor-realist, academician. He worked in the field of genre and animal sculpture. Favorite models of N.I. Liberich had characters from hunting scenes: hunters, horses, dogs, bears, deer, wild boars, hares. He preferred small sculptures. The Kaslinsky plant circulated more than a dozen works by N.I. Liberiha. The sculpture "Bear standing on its hind legs" (another name "Lisinsky bear") is made in the middle. 60s XIX century under the impression of a real incident that happened to Emperor Alexander II during a hunt in March 1865 near the town of Lisino. In the second floor. 60 – xyy. In the 19th century, the sculpture was replicated by the bronze foundry of R.Ya. Kohun and the trading company "Nichols and Plinke" in St. Petersburg. A bear is depicted standing on its hind legs in front of a stump turned out of the ground. The inscription on the front side of the stand: “Лъп. Liberich. ”The Kasli plant has been casting the sculpture since 1896.
Year of creation of the model, 1865, Material, cast iron - "Dutch soot", Author, N.I. Liberich, Weight (kg), 25, Length (mm), 400, Width (mm), 290, Height (mm), 570