Model of the first group on the Anichkov Bridge in St. Petersburg. Sculptural groups “Tamers of horses” were performed by the first Russian animal painter with great taste and great observation.
Installed on the Anichkov Bridge in 1841. Their success was staggering: Claudt’s work quickly gained European fame. The four groups are a detailed dramatic series, in which one story progressively develops – the conquest of the horse by man.
Related Paintings 
Covered with a blanket horse, standing on its hind legs by Peter Klodt 
Cheval bouffi debout – Peter Klodt 
Cheval avec un maître-eau – Peter Klodt 
Caballo y Vodnichim – Peter Klodt 
Caballo cubierto de caballos criando arriba – Peter Klodt 
Nicholas I by Peter Klodt 
Horse portrait of Elizabeth Petrovna with a butterfly by Georg Khristofor Groot 
On the plowed field. Spring by Alexei Venetsianov
Covered with a blanket horse, standing on its hind legs by Peter Klodt Cheval bouffi debout – Peter Klodt Cheval avec un maître-eau – Peter Klodt Caballo y Vodnichim – Peter Klodt Caballo cubierto de caballos criando arriba – Peter Klodt Nicholas I by Peter Klodt Horse portrait of Elizabeth Petrovna with a butterfly by Georg Khristofor Groot On the plowed field. Spring by Alexei Venetsianov