Large bronze sculpture of a ancient (Olympic) winner on the horseback with a laurel wreath in his hand, it was created by famous Austrian sculptor Ferdinand Luegerth (1885-1915), who lived and worked in Vienna.

In 1911, he exhibited a bronze sculpture entitled "Defense" at the Vienna Künstlerhaus's anniversary exhibition.[2] In 1915, he and Adolf Thomas (an architect in Vienna) received a prize of 1,000 crowns for a design entitled "Debt of Honor," which they submitted on the theme of Achilles.[3][4][5]

Works (selection): 
Lugerth's bronze statuettes are in the Art Nouveau style and often depict female and male nudes, frequently with mythological subjects, which he occasionally combined with horse or dog motifs. Other works of his exhibit chryselephantine elements.

Inscription: signed on the base Ferd.Lugerth and marked "AR", famous Vienna Foundy Manufactory "Arthur Rubinstein"; bronze, dark-brown patina. On the base inscribed in Latin "Labori Laurus!" ( in English: Laurel of labor). 

Technique: bronze and patina

Measurements: H with base 16 1/2" (42 cm), H base 2 1/8" (5,5cm), base 11" x 4 7/8" (28 x 12,5 cm)

Condition: in good condition.