Cossack Soldiers

Alfred Kowalski

Late 19th century

  • Titles Cossack Soldiers (Proper)
  • Artist Alfred Kowalski, Polish, 1849 - 1915
  • Medium oil on board
  • Dimensions 8 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (22.3 x 31.7 cm) frame: 15 1/2 × 18 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (39.4 × 47.6 × 6.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Bequest of Virginia Bissell Spencer, AFI.80.2011
  • Work Type painting
  • Classification Paintings
  • On View

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