EUGÈNE NAPS (1848-1886) A Vityaz at the crossroads

signed in Cyrillic ‘Lep. E. Naps’ (on the base of the bronze) bronze, casting, patina, white marble base H. 22 cm, base 40 х 25 cm 19th century This sculpture was made after the famous painting by Viktor Vasnetsov ‘A Vityaz at the crossroads’, inspired by the Russian bylina ‘Ilya Muromets and the Thieves’.