Peter CLODT von JÜRGENSBURG (1805-1867) [sculptor] Semen Loukyanovitch KHOROCHENINE (1864 - 1936) [modeler]. The knight-guard Ian Strievskiy. Cast iron with patina. Kasli, 1900. Marked with the sculptor's signature on the terrace. Foundry stamp under the terrace with the modeler's year and name. H. 43 cm Terrace size: 16 x 35.5 cm The original of this sculpture was commissioned in the 1830s by Nicholas I from Clodt for the work table of his wife, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, head of the Chevaliers-Gardes regiment. Chestnut Middleton, an English stallion from the Imperial stables acquired in 1833, served as the model. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this sculpture was the subject of several cast-iron prints in Kasli. Bibliography: This sculpture does appear in Volume IV of Serge Pantchoulidzev's history of the regiment (p. 338) with the canonical name.