Sculpture Faberge semi-precious stones and gold depicts Kamer-Kazak N. N. Pustynnikova, a personal bodyguard of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. The statue will be auctioned on 26 October, with an estimate of 500-800 thousand dollars

On the Stair Galleries auction in Hudson (new York) on 26 October, exhibiting a unique work of Carl Faberge — a statuette of a chamber-Cossack N. N. Pustynnikova, a personal bodyguard of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. Members of the Imperial family at the time, ordered the masters of Faberge about 50 sculptures of semi-precious stones and gold, depicting peasants, servants, Gypsies and even Dvornikov@

Chambers-the Cossacks served at the court of the personal guard of royalty. Master G. Vigstremom in 1912 was created two sculptures cameras-Cossacks. Statuette of Alexey Kudinov guarding Maria Fyodorovna for 35 years, is now in the collection of the Pavlovsk Palace Museum. The whereabouts of the second figure of Kamer-Kazak Nikolai Pustynnikova — up to this summer was not ustanovleno@

it is Known that the first holder figurines Pustynnikova in the United States was Manhattan dealer and industrialist Armand hammer (Armand Hammer), who helped the Soviet power in the transportation and sales of works of art from the Imperial collection. In the 1930s, the statue was purchased by the ancestor of the present owner, and since then she, as usual, dusty and neglected, on the family attic. Now this masterpiece of agate, jade, opal and gold with the accompanying documents about the purchase of nearly a century ago is set to open Torgi@

Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Sources: nytimes.com, artinvestment.ru