TRUBETZKOY, Prince Paolo
(b. 1866, Intra, Lago Maggiore, d. 1938, Suna, Lago Maggiore)

Tolstoy Riding "Frenzy"

1899
Bronze, height 50 cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Trubetzkoy, a Russian educated in Italy, did some splendid little statues of Lev Tolstoy (1828-1910), the Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. His two most famous works are the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina. One of the these statues depicts him on horseback.