Nikolai Ivanovich Lieberich was a Russian animal sculptor of the 19th century who came from a German-Russian Lutheran family. He was the son of the St. Petersburg Postmaster and Hofrat Johann Kaspar Lieberich (1771-1834) and his wife Luise, b. Rheinbott (1788-1871). [1] He proposed an officer’s career one, served in 1848 as a lieutenant in the Chevalier Guards and was 1,852 staff captain in Leuchtenberg – Hussars . With the character as Colonel adopted, he was in 1861 as a student of Peter Clodt of Juergensburg in the Petersburg Art Academyrecorded and specialized in animal sculptures and hunting scenes. He created a variety of animal statuettes, especially of horses, cast in bronze and silver found a wide circle of customers. Yevgeny Alexandrovich Lansere was his most important pupil. Reference: Wikipedia
Nikolai Ivanovich Lieberich Makers Mark
Nikolai Ivanovich Lieberich, 1828-1883 BEAR AND CUB INKWELL signed in Cyrillic ‘Lieberich 1860’ bronze, dark brown patina length 48cm, 18 7/8 in,
Sold for 27,500 GBP at Sotheby’s in 2014
A BRONZE MODEL OF A BEAR CAST BY C.F. WOERFFEL AFTER THE MODEL BY NIKOLAI LIEBERICH, LATE 19TH CENTURY On a naturalistic rectangular base, realistically cast as a bear lying down, signed on the sides of the base ‘SCULP. LIEBERICH.’ and with foundry mark ‘FABR. C.F. WOERFFEL.’ 7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) wide
Sold for GBP 3,500 at Christie’s in 2013
Nikolai Iwanowitsch LIEBERICH (1828-1883) bear standing bronze statue, signed and titled: Ours debout, circa 1865. 22 in H x 10 1/2 in W x 14 in D
Sold for $2,000 at Antiques Online Auctions in 2018