An antique bronze figural group Charging Cossack, depicting a cossack holding a spear and riding on a horseback. Highly detailed and covered with a nice patina. Cast by Chopin after the model by Evgeni Lanceray, Russian, French, 1848 to 1886. Raised on a naturalistically modeled ground base signed in Russian: Sculpted by Lanceray, and inscribed: F. Chopin. Yevgeny Yevgenyevich Lanceray, also often spelled Eugene Lansere, was a Russian graphic artist, painter, sculptor, mosaicist, and illustrator, associated stylistically with Mir iskusstva or the World of Art association. Russian Antique Metalware, Classic Bronze Sculpture For Collectors.