PRINCE PAUL TROUBETZKOY 

Bronze with rich brown patina, signed « Paul Troubetzkoy »
Cast by Claude Valsuani. Bears the founder’s stamp « CIRE PERDUE/ C. VALSUANI »
H. 15,3″ x W. 18;8″ x D. 13,3″
Circa 1910

Provenance: Collection Achille Segard (1872-1936), France (offered by the artist); private collection, France (by descent).

Exhibition: VIII Esposizione Internazionale D’Arte della città di Venezia [Biennale], Venise, 1909, rooms 36-37, nº10 (another example).

Related works: Angelina Troubetzkoy con il lupo Vaska, plaster, Verbania, Museo del Paesaggio, n° d’inv. T2; Angelina Troubetzkoy con il lupo Vaska, patinated plaster Verbania, Museo del Paesaggio, n° d’inv. T3.

Bibliography: Achille Segard, « The sculpture of prince Paul Troubetzkoy », The Studio, 1910 (vol.48, p.271 reproduced) ; Guy et Matthias de Labretoigne, Paul Troubetzkoy le roman d’une vie et d’une œuvre, 2023, pages 48 à 51 ; collectif, Paul Troubetzkoy Sculpteur (1866-1938), cat. d’exposition, Paris musée d’Orsay, du 30 septembre 2025 au 11 janvier 2026 (plaster model reproduced page 161).
Another examples: Bronze with green patina, signed and dated 1908 (collection Carlo Lamberti ; collection of Giuseppe Novello until 1988 ; currently private collection, Codogno (Milan) ; Bronze signed and dated 1911, cachet C. Valsuani (collection Sharitonenko, Moscou, 1925 ; Galerie Tretiakov, Moscou, n° d’inv. 5921) ; Bronze with dark patina, signed and dated 1901 (?) (Princesse Sofia Wolkonsky ; Italian private collection), titled “Helene con il cane”.